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The Odyssey And The Iliad
- The odyssey is one of the major ancient greek epic poem attributed to homer.
- The poem is fundamental to the modern western canon,
and is he second oldest extant work of the western
literature, the iliad being the oldest.
- the poem mainly focuses on the Greek hero Odysseus and his journey home after the fall
of troy. it takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten years Trojan.
- It continues to be read in the Homeric Greek and translated into modern languages around the world.
Many scholars believe that the original poem was composed in an oral tradition by an aoidos (epic
poet/singer), perhaps a rhapsode (professional performer), and was more likely intended to be heard than
read
- It continues to be read in the Homeric Greek and translated into modern languages around the world.
Many scholars believe that the original poem was composed in an oral tradition by an aoidos (epic
poet/singer), perhaps a rhapsode (professional performer), and was more likely intended to be heard than
read
- the poem mainly focuses on the Greek hero Odysseus and his journey home after the fall
of troy. it takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten years Trojan.
- The Odyssey has a lost sequel, the Telegony, which was not written by Homer. It was usually attributed in
antiquity to Cinaethon of Sparta. In one source, the Telegony was said to have been stolen from Musaeus
by Eugamon or Eugammon of Cyrene.
- this is a short part of the poem the odyssey: Of the cunning hero, The wanderer, blown off course time and again After
he plundered Troy’s sacred heights. Speak Of all the cities he saw, the minds he grasped, The suffering deep in his heart
at sea As he struggled to survive and bring his men home But could not save them, hard as he tried— The
fools—destroyed by their own recklessness When they ate the oxen of Hyperion the Sun, And that god snuffed out
their day of return. Of these things, Speak, Immortal One, And tell the tale once more in our time. By now, all the others
who had fought at Troy— At least those who had survived the war and the sea— Were safely back home. Only
Odysseus Still longed to return to his home and his wife. The nymph Calypso, a powerful goddess— And beautiful—was
clinging to him In her caverns and yearned to possess him.
- this is a short part of the poem the odyssey: Of the cunning hero, The wanderer, blown off course time and again After
he plundered Troy’s sacred heights. Speak Of all the cities he saw, the minds he grasped, The suffering deep in his heart
at sea As he struggled to survive and bring his men home But could not save them, hard as he tried— The
fools—destroyed by their own recklessness When they ate the oxen of Hyperion the Sun, And that god snuffed out
their day of return. Of these things, Speak, Immortal One, And tell the tale once more in our time. By now, all the others
who had fought at Troy— At least those who had survived the war and the sea— Were safely back home. Only
Odysseus Still longed to return to his home and his wife. The nymph Calypso, a powerful goddess— And beautiful—was
clinging to him In her caverns and yearned to possess him.
- The poem is fundamental to the modern western canon,
and is he second oldest extant work of the western
literature, the iliad being the oldest.
- the iliad (sometimes referred to as the song of the llion or the song of llium) is an ancient Greek epic
poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year
siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states.
- it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the
warrior Achilles.
- Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the Iliad mentions or alludes to
many of the Greek legends about the siege.
- Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the Iliad mentions or alludes to
many of the Greek legends about the siege.
- it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the
warrior Achilles.
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