Homeric epics

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ancient Greek epic poems literary work oral poetry tradition

The Homeric epics are ancient Greek epic poems, chiefly the Iliad and the Odyssey, traditionally attributed to Homer and foundational to Greek literature, mythology, and cultural identity.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Homeric tradition 4
Homeric poetry 2
Archaic Greek poetry 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek epic poems ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
oral poetry tradition ⓘ
approximateDate 8th century BCE ⓘ
associatedWith Homeric question ⓘ
surface form: Homeric Question
canonicalStatus foundational texts of Greek literature ⓘ
centralTo Greek cultural identity ⓘ
Greek education (paideia) ⓘ
contains formulaic expressions and epithets ⓘ
mythological narratives about Greek gods ⓘ
mythological narratives about Greek heroes ⓘ
culture Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
form dactylic hexameter ⓘ
genre epic poetry ⓘ
hasCommentaryBy ancient scholia ⓘ
hasModernReceptionIn adaptations in literature, theater, and film ⓘ
translations into many languages ⓘ
hasPart Homer's Iliad ⓘ
surface form: Iliad

Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form: Odyssey
influenced Greek historiography ⓘ
Greek tragedy ⓘ
Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
surface form: Hellenistic literature

Roman literature ⓘ
Western literature ⓘ
classical Greek literature ⓘ
philosophical discussions in ancient Greece ⓘ
influencedBy Mycenaean oral traditions ⓘ
Near Eastern epic traditions ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
laterMedium written manuscripts ⓘ
literaryPeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
meter dactylic hexameter ⓘ
narrativeMode third-person narrative ⓘ
originalMedium oral performance by rhapsodes ⓘ
preservedIn medieval Byzantine manuscripts ⓘ
primaryTheme fate ⓘ
heroism ⓘ
honor ⓘ
kleos (glory) ⓘ
nostos (homecoming) ⓘ
the gods and divine intervention ⓘ
war and its consequences ⓘ
setting Trojan War ⓘ
surface form: Trojan War mythological cycle
studiedIn classics ⓘ
comparative literature ⓘ
philology ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo Homer ⓘ
transmission oral tradition prior to written fixation ⓘ
usedAs school texts in antiquity ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alcinous → appearsIn → Homeric epics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homeric tradition
Hesperus → appearsIn → Homeric epics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homeric tradition
Mount Olympus → appearsIn → Homeric epics ⓘ
Homer → associatedWith → Homeric epics ⓘ
Glaukopis → attestedIn → Homeric epics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homeric poetry
Works of Hesiod → comparedWith → Homeric epics ⓘ
Ancient Greek religion → hasSacredText → Homeric epics ⓘ
Greco-Roman mythology → hasSource → Homeric epics ⓘ
Argonautica → influencedBy → Homeric epics ⓘ
Solon of Athens → influencedBy → Homeric epics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homeric tradition
Boeotia → mentionedIn → Homeric epics ⓘ
Locrians → mentionedIn → Homeric epics ⓘ
Magnesia → mentionedIn → Homeric epics ⓘ
Thessaly → mentionedIn → Homeric epics ⓘ
Thrace → mentionedIn → Homeric epics ⓘ
Ancient Greek → notableWork → Homeric epics ⓘ
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca → relatedWork → Homeric epics ⓘ
Gigantomachy → sourceMention → Homeric epics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homeric tradition
this entity surface form: Archaic Greek poetry
Ionic Greek → usedIn → Homeric epics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homeric poetry