新编英语教程5_unit6.ppt

Unit SixTEXT I Preparing for College I. Library Work 1. Homer (8th century B.C.), the Greek epic poet to whom are attributed the Iliad and the Odyssey, the greatest epic poetry of all time. The Iliad, the tale of the siege of Troy (an ancient city in Asia Minor), is an epic poem in twenty-four books. The Odyssey is an epic poem which records the adventures of Odysseus or Ulysses, a Greek leader in the I. Library Work Trojan War, a legendary war waged anywhere from the 11th to the 14th century B.C. It is also in twenty-four books. 2. Dante Alighieri (1265 – 1321), Italian poet whose reputatio