In Media Res Latin term meaning in the middle of things The Odyssey begins when the Trojan War is ending The men are returning home Penelope is being pursued by suitors Odysseus is help captive by Calypso ID: 482882
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The Odyssey – Poetic FormSlide2
In Media Res
Latin term meaning:
“in the middle of things”
The Odyssey begins when the Trojan War is ending
* The men are returning home
* Penelope is being pursued by suitors
* Odysseus is help captive by Calypso Slide3
NOSTOS
Greek meaning “Homecoming”
The entire epic poem about one man trying to return home.
2
nd
Half (Books 13-24) are known as “The Homecoming”Slide4
POETIC FORM
Many different translations from Greek text to Modern English
Book 5Slide5
Dactylic Hexameter
A form of meter or rhythmic scheme in poetry
Dactyl: long, short, short syllables
6 feet of dactyls = 18 syllables per line
Ex. /Skillful but / feeble of / heart; for they / know not
the / lords of
Ol
/ -
ympus
.Slide6
Dactylic Hexameter
Meter
– also called a
foot
Each foot contains a certain number of syllables in it; usually two or three syllables per footSlide7
Dactylic Hexameter
Dactylos
= Greek word meaning “finger”
In rhythmic terms, the two short syllables are equivalent in tempo to the long syllableSlide8
Dactylic Hexameter
Hexameter also derives from Greek and essentially means “six
metrons
” (in a row)
* The dactyl serves as the basic rhythmic unit, or
metron
, or hexameter verse.Slide9
Dactylic Hexameter
Dactyl foot
= long, short, short syllables
Spondee foot
= long, long syllables
Format for each line:
1
st
Five feet are Dactyl
6
th
foot is Spondee
*See example on slide 3 again