Notes Flashcard - Perseus and The Odyssey

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in media res

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in the middle of things

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Flashback

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Interrupts story sequence to relate earlier events

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Epic Hero

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Larger-than-life central character in an epic

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Historical and cultural context

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Backdrop of time and place in a work

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Definition of an epic

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A long, narrative poem about important events in the history or folklore of a nation or culture.

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Definition of a myth

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Anonymous story explaining gods, heroes, traditions, or natural features

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Characteristic NOT of a mythic hero

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Must suffer a tragic loss

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Oral Tradition

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Stories passed on by word of mouth

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Olympians

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Twelve great gods and goddesses of the Greeks

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Epic Hero:

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Odysseus