Provide an adequate "dictionary" definition of the expression "classical epic". Then show how each part of the definition has its source in specific elements of Homer and Virgil.
Title: Provide an adequate "dictionary" definition of the expression "classical epic". Then show how each part of the definition has its source in specific elements of Homer and Virgil.
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Details: Words: 731 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Provide an adequate "dictionary" definition of the expression "classical epic". Then show how each part of the definition has its source in specific elements of Homer and Virgil.
Category: /Literature
Details: Words: 731 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
A classical epic definition contains two distinctions; a literary style and a story. It is a narrative poem that is told in an elevated, formal, and grand style. It is not just a story, but a traditional history depicting events that effect entire civilizations centered on or around a monumental hero.
An epic was originally performed before an audience at a dinner or a special occasion; it would have been passed down in the oral …showed first 75 words of 731 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 731 total…being an epic, but few of them meet the standards set by the great authors, Homer and Virgil.
References:
Dr. Nicholas Barker, Class Notes October 31, 2005
"Epithets" http://www.biocheminfo.org/moirai/ling_yellow/epithets.html, December 11, 2005
"Iliad" http://www.online-literature.com/homer/iliad/3, December 11, 2005
Adeline Johns-Putra, University of Exeter. "Epic." The Literary Encyclopedia. 17 Aug. 2004. The Literary Dictionary Company. 8 December 2005. <http://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=343>