Greek Gods and the Epic Cycle
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- Antiquity p. 111 - Exercise Books TASK
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2. Looking at sources 9.1 and 9.2 in your text: a) How does Homer arouse the reader's interest in the events he describes? Choose examples of poetic language to support your answer. b) Is epic poetry a useful source for the historian? What aspects might make it unreliable? c) If Homer did not live at the time of the events he describes, how valuable is his work to the historian? |