The Odyssey Background Information

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Poet of the Trojan War stories

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Homer

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Trojan War during Homer's lifetime?

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No.

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Cause of the Trojan War

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Battles over control of waterways

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Cause of the Trojan War

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Battles over a woman, Helen of Troy

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Theme NOT in the epic

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Becoming greater than the gods

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Epics: Long narrative poems about heroes

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Adventures embodying civilization values

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Iliad and The Odyssey taught societal values in Greek schools?

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True

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First epic in plot development

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The Iliad

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The Iliad

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The Trojan War

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The Odyssey

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Odysseus's journey home