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How is the dawn described in Homer's Odyssey?

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Homer's works were part of an oral tradition. The person reciting one of these mammoth epic poems was expected to do so entirely by memory. One way that they accomplished this was through the copious use of evocative stock phrases. So daybreak was always described as being “the rosy-fingered dawn. read more

Homer’s works were part of an oral tradition. The person reciting one of these mammoth epic poems was expected to do so entirely by memory. One way that they accomplished this was through the copious use of evocative stock phrases. read more

Essay about Destiny, Fate and Free Will in Homer's Odyssey - Fate and Free Will in Homer's Odyssey When we look at Greek Mythology we often run into the gods of that era. Sometimes they are merely backdrops to the human element of the story but in stories such as The Odyssey the gods play a prominent if not vital role to the central themes of the story. read more

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