1) long narrative poem in elevated style

2) presenting character of high position

3) in a series of adventures presenting an organic whole

4) through their relation to centeral figure of heroic proportion

5) through the development of episodes important to the history or identity of a society/culture 

1) Lotus Flower: forget home & responsibility

2) Circe: life of ease & self indulgence on magic island

3) Nausicaa: king in paradise, young nubile wife

4) Sirens: live in glorious past

5) Calypso: immortality, life of ease & tranquility

6) Hades: gives up

1) he killed Iphigenia (sacrifice)

2) she had a boyfriend (Agisthus) 

 3 brought home Cassandra (concubine/Slave)

1) Must have nobility

2) must be destroyed

3) destruction caused by tragic flaw

4) moment of recognition 

1) infatuation

2) passionate & tender love

3) estrangement & doubt

4) reconciliation

5) agonizing disillusionment

6) final renunciation

*NOT IN THIS EXACT ORDER*

- appear spontaneous

- naive simplicity

• sophisticated intellectualism

- intense emotion

- intensely personal 

1) recited to listening audience

2) repetitions

3) simple & direct

6) individualism; sacrifices of hero for personal glory; emphasis on ohysicaal prowess

7) emphasis on past

9) No romatic love

10) Some humor 

1) read by educated persons

2) variation

3) complex, learned importance of details

6)  subordination of hero to higher end; sacrafices for socila ideal; emphasis on moral stature of hero

7) past used to explain present

9) romantic love

10) Uniformly serious (no humor)