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Homer wrote about the court. He told us about how the court worked.
Human mind is delighted to wallow in stories of great action. Because Homer's poems like The Iliad and The Odyssey tell tales of great continuous action, they are still being read with interest. In whichever language they are translated into, nothing great in the story is much lost after translation.
Homer does not tell us where the Island of the Cyclopes was. Later traditions mention Sicily.
OF COURSE Homer told myths. two of Homer's most famous epics is the Illiad and the Oddessay. The Illiad is about the strengths of men the place taking in the Trojan war, while the Oddessay is about cunning and smartness all that, taking places when Oddeseus is taking his journey home AFTER the Trojan war. Yep. BUt it is also possible that he told BOTH.
Homer calls on the Muse, specifically the Muse of epic poetry, to inspire him to tell the story of Odysseus in "The Odyssey." The Muse is invoked in the opening lines of the epic to help guide and inspire Homer's storytelling.
The Invocation the the muse is an opening to a story (Like the Odyssey or the Iliad) in which the teller of the story prays to one of the 9 muses (daughters of Zeus) to help them tell/sing the story.
Yes, in "The Odyssey," the muse is invoked at the beginning of the epic as the goddess of inspiration and creativity. The muse is asked to help the poet tell the story of Odysseus's journey.
B. The invocation in which the poet asks for inspiration from the muse to tell the story of Odysseus.
for inspiration to tell the story.
The muse was invoked by a prayer. Invoking the muse was a common literary convention in Greek epic poems. The narrator would invoke the muse to elicit her assistance in the telling of the story. The goddesses were known to possess knowledge so would be able to guide him to tell the story in the best way.
Ovid invokes the muse by directly addressing her at the beginning of his work, asking her to inspire and guide his writing. He acknowledges the muse's role in granting him the ability to recount stories and seek her assistance throughout his work. By calling upon the muse, Ovid shows his respect for the classical tradition of invoking divine inspiration in poetry.
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The Odyssey and The Iliad
By invoking the muse at the beginning of the epic, the poet is indicating that the story he is about to tell is of great importance and worthy of divine inspiration. The allusion to the muse also suggests that the poet is humble and recognizes the role of external sources of inspiration in his work, rather than taking credit solely for himself. This shows that the poet values tradition and seeks to honor the muses in creating his epic.
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fossils tell you their life because there is a shape inside and where you found it