Epic

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Iliad 1.001-012

... ted whether the quarrel scene in this “micro-Iliad” was modeled on a quarrel-scene in the Cypria, which was part of the epic Cycle. But the quarrel scenes of the Iliad, the Cypr ... Continue reading

Odyssey 1.001-010

... e-told-those-who-came-before-me [eipe kai hēmīn].There are three main points to be made in my comments here.Point 1.The epic of the Homeric Odyssey begins in a way that resemble ... Continue reading

Odyssey 1.325-327

At O.01.325, Phemios is described as the aoidos ‘singer’ who aeidei ‘sings’ epic songs, and the epic song that he sings here is the nostos of the Achaeans, also at O.01.325, where nostos can be translated as not only ‘homec ... Continue reading