The Odyssey | Genre

The epic poem is the most ancient form of literature, and Homer is considered the father of Western epic. He established most of the epic conventions which would be adopted by later writers of epic. History produced many poets who would walk in Homer’s sandals, none more notable than the Roman poet Virgil whose Aeneid recounts the founding of Rome by Aeneas, one of the few survivors of Troy. Virgil’s poem is considered a Secondary Epic...

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