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Homer (8th Century BCE)

Epics center around hero(es) and are usually rooted in some oral tradition of storytelling. The Greeks wrote them down as plays, Sunjata is a poem, Wagner wrote one as an opera.

There is an Epic Era in Greek mythology/theater. This is largely the era of Homer, Sophocles, Euripides, etc.

epics.txt · Last modified: 2023/01/01 20:41 by jl