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copyright 2006 All Rights Reserved copyright 2006 All Rights Reserved * Homer a legendary ancient Greek epic poet the author of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey Idealized portrayal of Homer dating to the Hellenistic period * Homeric age The date of Homer‘s existence: 12th century BC to 8th century BC Homeric Age(Heroic Age) * One of the four most great epic poet in Europe * Le monde na?t, Homère chante. Cest loiseau de cette aurore. —— Victor Hugo Homer and His Guide, by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905). The scene portrays Homer on Mount Ida surrounded by dogs and guided by the shepherd. * Homeric Epic refers to The Iliad and The Odyssey Written possibly by the mythical ancient Greek author Homer in dactylic hexameters(长短格六部格诗) Reflects Mycenaean civilization about the Trojan War and its aftermath * Theories about the Problems * Paris: son of Priamus, prince of Troy Hellen: daughter of Zeus and Leda, wife of King Menelaus of Sparta Hector: elder brother of Paris, prince of Troy The major characters background * Agamemnon: son of King Atreus of Mycenae, brother of Menelaus, the commander of Greeks Achilles: the greatest warrior in Greece Odysseus: a legendary Greek king of Ithaca * The Iliad the oldest work of western literature Set in the Trojan War, the ten-year siege(围攻) of Troy 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. The Wrath of Achilles (1819), by Michel Drolling. * Achilles Slays Hector, by Peter Paul Rubens (1630–35). Begin with the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles. Ends with the funeral of Hector * The odyssey a sequel(续篇) to the Iliad the other work traditionally ascribed to Homer Odysseus and his long journey home following the fall of Troy. * It takes him ten years to reach home after the ten-year Trojan War, twenty years in total. his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of suitors(求婚者) * Ody