The Odyssey

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A hero is a person of high social status like a great warrior or a _____________

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leader or king

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Qualities valued by an epic hero's...

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culture or society

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Elements of Epics

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gods, heroes, supernatural incidents, all of these

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Epic hero characteristics

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Great leader, noble/divine birth, brave & athletic

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Epic begins 'in medias res'

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in the middle of things

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Myths: traditional stories of a culture

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Explain something about the world

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Epic: Long narrative poem

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Adventures of a hero

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God of the sky; chief god; weapon: lightning bolt

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Zeus

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Setting of an epic

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Vast. Covers many nations.

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Homer's The Iliad

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The Trojan War