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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Homeric epics canonical	37
Homeric tradition	16
Homeric poetry	6
Homeric epic tradition	3
Archaic Greek poetry	1
Homeric literature (later tradition)	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 (64)

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Apollodorus' Bibliotheca → relatedWork → Homeric epics ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Homeric poetry

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this entity surface form: Homeric tradition

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