Odyssey Intro.

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Odysseus' destination

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Ithaca

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Calypso's reason for keeping Odysseus

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be her husband

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Epic

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Long narrative poem about gods or heroes

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Invocation

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Prayer to the muses for storytelling

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Elements of Epics

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gods, heroes, supernatural incidents, all of these

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Epic flaw: Hubris

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Arrogance/Excessive pride

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Epic hero traits

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Great leader, noble birth, brave & athletic

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Epic begins 'in medias res'

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in the middle of things

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Athena

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goddess of wisdom

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Technique to indicate past events in epics

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Flashbacks