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The Iliad and The Odyssey are both Epics.
Other examples of Epic poetry include the Aeneid, the Thebais, Tasso's Gierusallemme Liberata, and Milton's Paradise Lost.
Spenser's Faerie Queene, and Tennyson's Idylls of the King are also probably epics - but there is some debate around those poems.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 7y agoOne definition of literature is: "written material such as poetry, novels, essays, etc, especially works of imagination characterized by excellence of style and expression and by themes of general or enduring interest". The Iliad conforms to this definition in many ways.
The Iliad is first of all a poem, and a very great one too. It introduced figures of style that still are being used today, like the 'Homeric simile'. When read out loud (as I and my classmates were made to do during three years of ancient Greek lessons at school) the beautiful rhythm of the poem is one of its striking features. It is a 'work of imagination' as well: whatever Troy 'discoverer' Heinrich Schliemann and the Turkish Tourist Board may say, the story of the ten-year siege of a city called Troy and the doings of all the Greek heroes gathered there is - if not completely - at least for 99% made up. That it has a high level of excellence is doubted by no-one and it is one of the extremely rare cases of an epic poem that is still widely read, translated and admired some 2,900 years after it was written.
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∙ 13y agoThe Iliad is an epic poem. More specifically, it is a Primary Epic which means it stems from oral tradition.
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∙ 11y agoThe Iliad is an epic poem, probably by Homer, that describes the events of the Trojan war.
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∙ 12y agoa book
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The Iliad and The Odyssey were written by?
regarded by the ancient Greeks as literature.
What comes first The Odyssey or The Iliad?
The Iliad came first but it wasn't 'written' as a work of literature it was composed as an epic poem to be recited in the oral tradition
Was Zeus in The Iliad or The Odyssey?
Yes, Zeus was in both the Iliad and the Odyssey.
How are The Iliad and The Odyssey connected?
The Odyssey is the sequel to the Iliad but it is following Odyssesus's adventures home.
Iliad and odyssey connected?
The Odyssey is the sequel to the Iliad following Odysseus journey home.
What are some of the topics that appear in ancient Greek literature?
The Odyssey and the iliad are two major pieces of greek literature
What kind of poetry is Odyssey?
The Iliad and The Odyssey , the two cornerstones of Western literature , are both regarded as Greek Epic Poems .
The Iliad and The Odyssey were written by?
regarded by the ancient Greeks as literature.
What are some of the topics that appear in ancient literature?
The Odyssey and the iliad are two major pieces of greek literature
What Greek mythology and literature has influenced many English?
The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer ,
What Greek Mythology and literature influenced many English?
The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer ,
What are some of the oldest stories and literature of the Trojan War?
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
How was The Odyssey originally told?
The earliest literary accounts of it, found in the Iliad and the Odyssey, are elaborated in later classical literature.
What are homers most famous work?
poems, and his most famous poems are "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey"
What comes first The Odyssey or The Iliad?
The Iliad came first but it wasn't 'written' as a work of literature it was composed as an epic poem to be recited in the oral tradition
Famous epic poem by homer?
The famous epic poem by Homer is called "The Iliad" and it is about the Trojan War.
Was Zeus in The Iliad or The Odyssey?
Yes, Zeus was in both the Iliad and the Odyssey.
