Exploring Book I of Homer's Iliad: Characters, Epic Poem, and Central Themes

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Delve into Book I of Homer's Iliad, focusing on the author's background, important characters like Achilles and Agamemnon, characteristics of the epic poem, and central themes such as fate, heroism, and divine intervention. Discover the intriguing world of ancient Greek literature and the timeless struggles depicted in this classic work.

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Presentation on Book I of Illiad by Homer Ujjwal Biswas Assistant Professor Department of English Semester IV Session-2019-20 Khatra Adibasi Mahavidyalaya

Homer There is little knowledge about the life of Homer The author is composition of The Iliad and The Odyssey He is possibly the greatest poet of the ancient world. Historians place his birth sometime around 750 BC and assumption that he was born and dwelt in or near Chios credited with

Important Characters Achilles: The son of Peleus and the sea-nymph Thetis. The greatest warrior in The Iliad Agamemnon (also called Atrides ): King of Mycenae and leader of the Achaean army; brother of King Menelaus of Sparta Calchas: An important soothsayer. His recognition of the reason of the plague ravaging the Achaean army in Book 1 leads unintentionally to the fissure between Agamemnon and Achilles that occupies the first nineteen books of The Iliad.

Characteristics of Epic Poem Aristotle, in his Poetics, discusses the salient features of an epic: 1. It is a narrative poem written in heroic hexa-metre. 2. Its length is considerable. 3. It has four constituent parts namely plot , character, thought, & diction. 4. Epic encompasses the life of an entire period and deals with an action that determines the fortunes or destiny of a nation. 5. The marvellous has a function in epic. 6. It is episodic