Epic poems are fairly long, they usually depict a hero, and often talk about or represent values of a certain culture. What this means is that they tend to praise or present a certain culture in which the hero of the poem protects or fights for. ... In Homer's "The Odyssey", for example, Homer presents the hero Odysseus and his legendary adventure. "The Odyssey" is closed to the story of the hero and centers its plot around the theme of a journey, highlighting Greek culture particularly pertaining to heroism. ... He talks about a myriad of issues and deviates from the ...

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The ancient Greeks had a huge impact on western civilization. They have made major contributions to the world. They have done this through politics/democracy, the arts, literature, philosophy, science/math and war/military. To this day we see many of their practices still in us. Many countries ...

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Aristotle felt that the Odyssey is the ultimate example of "true drama". Homer's heroes, of whom Aristotle thinks so highly, are all on physical quests, (defeating their enemies, going home, etc.). ...

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In classical heroic literature the gods were intimately involved in the fate of heroes, something which Pope has carried off to great effect. ... We see them also in their role as followers, Belinda's army, just as an epic hero would have his faithful servants we see how "To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, / We trust the important charge, the petticoat" . Again Pope's use of bathos here deflates the epic style, we expect an elevated example here such as the arming of an epic hero before battle, and rather we are presented with something trivial, a further satirical comment on ...

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