The Traits of an Epic

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Across
  1. 2. The speaker of the poem asks the Muse for inspiration.
  2. 6. A long, drawn-out comparison is sometimes called this.
  3. 7. (2 words)a larger-than-life person who embodies traits that a culture values
  4. 9. A long narrative poem that relates important events in the history or folklore of the culture that produced
  5. 10. Odysseus tells his story to King Alcinous in the form of a ____.
  6. 11. A fixed rhythmic pattern
Down
  1. 1. The style in which The Odysseys is written is sometimes called this.
  2. 2. The Odyssey uses this storytelling technique by starting ____, or in the middle of things, rather than telling the adventure in chronological order
  3. 3. In ancient Greece, the notion of hospitality is called this.
  4. 4. A nickname or phrase of description to identify a character
  5. 5. person given credit for writing both The Iliad and The Odyssey
  6. 8. Excessive pride, or ____, sometimes gets mortals in trouble in Greek mythology.