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Conventions of Homeric Epics:

1. Invocation

-Formal plea for aid --> muse

2. In Media Res

-"Into the midst of things" [flashbacks]

3. Epic Similes

-Extended elaborate comparisons

-Homeric ones compare heroic events to everyday events

4. Metrical Structure

-Dactylic hexameter - 6 stressed syllables per line

5. Stock Epithets

- Descriptive adj. or phrase used w/ or in palace of noun or proper name _____________________________________________________________________

Pinochio saying im a real boy Abstract instead of concrete Synthetic character- sole purpose is to advance the plot
 * Ag-anger-fire—burning wind of plague--burning fire(22)—hector
 * Purpose-development of character, especially heroic character
 * Character development used aristotles poetic literary critisisms
 * Describes: aspects of a mimetic
 * Mimetic- seems like a real person, lives outside book
 * Thematic character- an idea with legs

-whats the character like Function -what the characterization is	Praxis-what a character does Pathos- what is done to them Ethos- what he is	Methos- plot 3 things laid before paris Lord of all of Europe= power Victory in battle=honor, respect, glory Broke sacred bond(honor code) Guest-host etiquette Property breach Civilized, art, reason. order, high brow, sober restraint, moderation, enlightened, evolved, law, architecture, politics Reason, intelligence		civilization, sophistication Primitive, nature, instinct, chaos, low-brow, drunken abandon, passion, beastial, atavistic, anarchy Nature, primitive     instinct and impulse Apollos protégé Defender of a city-reason, law Guardian of perishable joys-arts, pursuit of happiness architecture Protector and defender of city,wife,child-serve and protect
 * Attribute..
 * Helen=possession
 * Offenses when taking Helen
 * Son of zeus=Apollo-twin=artemis
 * Greek god of light medicine poetry and prophecy-order
 * Sun-apollo riding chariot across the sky
 * Dionysis- or Bacchus, son of zeus
 * Son of mortal woman, somalay, god of wine and revelry
 * Apollonian- followers of Apollo
 * Dionysian
 * Force hero-achilles
 * Resistance hero-hector
 * Other force-agamemnon-thematic character
 * “Tiger at the gates”
 * Force meeting resistance
 * Beast at the city
 * Arete- personal honor or excellence
 * -spoils of war and importance to warrior
 * -the gods direct interventions in human affairs and their willingness to take sides
 * -importance of respect for the dead
 * Rhapsodes- oral historians and entertainers
 * Conventions- characteristics of epic genre
 * Invocation- formal plea for aid
 * En medias res- middle of action
 * Epic similies- extended elaborate similies
 * Stock epithets- descriptive adjective or prase that is repeatedly used with or in place of a noun or proper name

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Reading the Iliad
 * Purpose: See head note. Development of character, especially heroic character.
 * Aristotle’s Poetica (the original literary criticism)-
 * Mimetic: real person, they seem to live outside of the action as well as inside
 * Thematic: An idea with legs (abstract)
 * Synthetic: a character who’s sole purpose is to advance the plot
 * Attribute- What the character is
 * Function- what the character does
 * Praxis- What he does
 * Pathos- What is done to him
 * Ethos: What he is (in Greek drama, ethos must always be harmottus- fitting to the character idea)
 * All these aspects work to create the mythos of the story: the plot or the acting and doing

E. Hamilton’s Mythology Version of the Iliad
 * What are the 3 things laid before Paris?
 * Lord of Asia/Europe-power
 * Victory in battle- glory
 * Helen- possession
 * What are Paris’ offenses when he takes Helen?
 * Broke sacred bond (honor bound)
 * Guest/host etiquette
 * Property breach

Apollonian and Dionysian are the terms used by Fredrich Nietzsche in The Birth of Tragedy and Beyond Good and Evil to describe the opposing principles, which determine human life and culture. Dualism
 * Apollo- son of Zeus, twin brother of Artemis, the Greek god of light, medicine, poetry, prophesy; represents all aspects of civilization and order. Sometimes described as (Phoebus) Apollo’s chariot riding across the sky
 * Dionysus- (Roman Bacchus), son of Zeus and mortal Semele, god of wine and drama

Force-hero: Achilles Resistance-hero: Hector
 * Dionysian
 * Force: Agamemnon’s will to power (thematic)
 * The warrior- thematic, a warrior
 * “Tiger at the Gates”
 * Apollonian
 * Apollo’s protégé
 * Protector- to serve and protect, defender of Troy- reason, civilization; a wife, a child…
 * The garrison of perishable joys- the pursuit of happiness

Apollonian Dionysian
 * Sophisticated, civilization- arts, literature, law, architecture, politics
 * Intelligence, reason
 * High-brow
 * Sober restraint, moderation
 * Enlightened, evolved
 * Happy sinners of Earth- physical things, drunken pride, lust
 * Nature, primitave
 * Instinct, impulse
 * Low-brow
 * Drunken abandon, passion
 * Bestial, atavistic
 * anarchy