EPIC ACADEMIC VOCABULARY

Hubris

excessive pride in ones abillites boastful arrogant

in medias res

in the middle of things stating in the avtion of the story

epic hero

larger than life character of high birth status has tarits that are involed in dangous journey has flaws

Epic

narritvie poem that features an epic hero who represents traits highly valued by his or hers socity

invocation to the muse

prayer to the muse a story telling goddess at the beginning of an epic sometimes gives us a background information

myth

A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society.

epithet

a characterzing pharse for a person place or thing

meter

a fixed rhythmic pattern

epic smile

a long comparison over many lines

Odyssey

a long, adventurous journey

Flashback

a scene that interputs the sequence of events in a narritive to relate eailer events