Epic Poetry In Homer's The Iliad

Epic poetry is basically a long narrative poem, that is based on stories that are larger than life. For instance it is about the grandeur of warriors, bravery of heroes, various Gods, kings and their kingdoms. In style and theme, it is majestic. It basically incorporates mythicism, religious affairs, legend, folktales, historical events that are of national significance. It sometimes involves events that are of universal significance aswell. National significance basically is taken in a sence that they incorporate the aspiration of a nation and the history of a country, but in a grandiose manner. It can be taken as a mirroring of the cultural aspects of a nation that believes on a confined set of ideologies which represents the utmost fundamentals

It is an epic poem because commemorates a few important events of the last weeks of the Greek siege of troy and the Trojan War. It is written in the mid-8th BC which is considered to be the pioneer work in the western literature and its tradition. It is most celebrated story of all time. It portays the epic subject of the Trojan war which stirs the scenes of the gorey battle, the frequent interference of greek gods, interference of fate, themes of glory, and achilles’ wrath. It later paved way for Renaissance, Roman and Greek literary writings.

There are two categories of Epic poetry: primary and secondary. The Iliad belongs to the first cateogory i.e Primary. Primary epic is supposed to initiate in the medias res. Medias Res is Latin terminology which means that "it begins in the middle of things" followed by the events that lead upto that point.

In Illiad, Homer writes about the stories that begin after the war between Greece and the

It is usually done because these poems are lengthy and complex but the basic story line stays familiar to the audiences. Still the poet begins with the announcement of the recitation that was about to be revealed.

The central idea of The Illiad is stated at the beginning of the poem which is of is the Achilles’s wrath.

An essential epic as a rule has numerous appellations. These designations are re-namings of the characters, divine beings, or things by stock expressions. An illustration is the re-naming of Agamemnon and Menelaus as "Atreus' two children" or "the twin hawks." It is essential for us to see these appellations, first,because they include depiction, and second, on the grounds that we get befuddled about who is doing imagine a scenario in which don't perceive the sobriquets and in addition the names.

In an essential epic, there are lists of things and characters; there are numerous rundowns, both long and short. Generally as the Old Testament has inventories of family histories - you recollect every one of those conceives - just so do old legends stay informed concerning the arrangements of history. In one book of THE ILIAD, for instance, there is a ships' rundown that cruised from Greece to