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Hace 2 días · Further, such an artistic construct of a blind Homer matches what we read in the stories produced by the verbal arts of mythmaking about Homer’s life. In those stories as I analyzed them in my posting for 2016.02.25 and, earlier, for 2016.02.18 , Homer in various different ways becomes a blind man in the course of his life.
Hace 3 días · Odyssey, epic poem in 24 books traditionally attributed to the ancient Greek poet Homer. The poem is the story of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, who wanders for 10 years (although the action of the poem covers only the final six weeks) trying to get home after the Trojan War.
- The Odyssey is an epic poem in 24 books traditionally attributed to the ancient Greek poet Homer. The poem is the story of Odysseus, king of Ithaca...
- The majority of the Odyssey takes place on and around the Aegean Sea before concluding in Odysseus’s kingdom of Ithaca.
- The Odyssey was intended for oral performance. The poem was likely transmitted through generations of oral poets well before it was written down. I...
- Among the most notable English-language translations of the Odyssey produced in the 20th century were those by Robert Fitzgerald (1961), Richmond L...
- While there is no conclusive evidence supporting the historicity of the Odyssey’s story and its characters, it has been proposed that geographic el...
Hace 2 días · The Odyssey ( / ˈɒdɪsi /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, romanized : Odýsseia) [2] [3] is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Iliad, the poem is divided into 24 books.
Hace 5 días · Homer's The Iliad is an ancient greek poem written around the eighth century. The poem is set during the Trojan war and highlights the conflict between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. The text provided is an excerpt from book three.
Hace 3 días · The poet tries to use sublime words to describe the events. The use of epic simile is another feature of an epic. Epic simile is a far-fetched comparison between two objects, which runs through many lines to describe the valour, bravery and gigantic stature of the hero. It is also called the Homeric simile.
Hace 5 días · Speeches had to be learned, whole passages from Virgil and Homer, and Byron recited the address of King Latinus from Aeneid 11 to great success one Speech Day. A group of pupils at Harrow School in 1795, engraved by Burnet Reading after a drawing by Isaac Cruikshank: frontispiece to James Wallace, Savillon’s Elegies, or Poems written by a gentlemen, A.B., late of the University of Cambridge ...
Hace 3 días · Recent research indicates that a 3,500-year-old Mycenaean armor, once thought to be ceremonial, was also practical for battle, reshaping our understanding of Late Bronze Age warfare and its impact on historical transitions. New research suggests that a 3,500-year-old Mycenaean suit of armor, prev
