Style\5 conventions (121) - Invocation (a formal plea for help), In media res (starting into the middle of the story), Epic similes (similes that compare heroic events and everyday life), Metrical structure (the pattern of beats in ), and Stock epithets (an adjective or phrase that is used over and over).
Philosophies (Women)-
Criticism- Homer's criticisms include that he "...is said to have composed...the Iliad..." and the Odyssey and was blind(120).
Literary Era\Age (103-113):_____700 B.C._______
Information about the era: (Timeline\Fast Facts)- Hellenic colonization spreads to southern Italy, Asia Minor, Black Sea.
Historical(Greeks)- Greeks establish their colonies in areas