Review Epic, Myths & Hero's

Epic Poem

• a novella

• A long narrative poem that tells the adventures of a great hero.

• a short poem featuring values of a culture

• Tall tale

Epic narrative

• a exaggerated story not meant to be taken seriously

• tells a story from 1st person perspective

• Embodies the values of the people who originally told/wrote the story.

• details the belief system of a different culture

Myths are

• origin narratives of a particular culture

• narratives that explain natural phenomenon

• narratives rooted in a particular culture; the story explains a belief, a ritual, or a mysterious natural phenomenon

• modern stories

Myths

• Greek & Roman are the only cultures that have myths

• myths originated 100 years ago

• started around 3000-1000 BCE from oral traditions & eventually were written down

Archetype

• Patterns, characters, or images that appear over & over again

• universal themes

• unique characters or images

Hero

• war hero

  Odysseus

  firefighter

• antagonist

• a modern concept

• —a person who is admired or 

  idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.

Match the followings

• He was as brave as a lion in the fight

• Simile

• they are called upon for inspiration-they govern the arts & sciences

• Homeric or heroic simile

• An extended simile with elaborate descriptive details that continues over a number of lines

• metaphor

• a figure of speech that pulls comparisons between two unrelated ideas.

• Odysseus, Hercules,

  Orpheus

• Major Greek figures

• 9 Muses

The Greek pantheon consists of ​ (a)   deities, who lived at Mt. ​ (b)  

• 12
• Olympus
• 10
• Everest
• Zeus
• 9
• Fugi

Match the following

• Epic poem that happens before The Odyssey

• In Latin also known as Ulysses

• Queen of Ithica

• Odysseus

• Only son of Penelope

• Illiad

• King of Ithica

• Penelope

• Odysseus

• —Telemachus

Nymphs are

• minor female nature deity

• Goddesses

• immortal

• personifications of nature & are typically tied to a specific place or landform