Iliad & Odyssey
Outline
Homer in Ancient GreeceThemes and PersonsIlliadOdysseyClosing Thoughts
Homer in Ancient Greece
Earliest Greek LiteratureWritten c. 750 BCE from oral trad. (c. 1200 BCE)Recited by RhapsodesEpic = dactylic hexameter or long poem on war/mythCultural Importance for GreeksTaken as HistoryHellenic UnityEducational Texts