the 2 greatest poets of mythology those who recorded it
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The 2 Greatest Poets of MythologyThose who recorded it
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HOMER• He is considered the greatest poet and artist of literary world• Homer was believed to be a blind man.• Information on his birth and death is very limited.• He was a bard (traveler who performed poetry for audiences)WORKS:• Wrote the Iliad & the Odyssey (2 epic poems) that were
about 12,000 verses (lines) each about the Trojan War.• The Trojan War was a defining moment in the lives of the
Greeks & the catalyst in the foundation of Rome. • Epic poems – poem that tells of the adventures of a hero and
includes supernatural elements.• The difference between his two epics were social setting and
condition of the work. (Written at different time periods)
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Hesiod• Just as important as Homer, but lived after him. • He is known as the “Father of Didactic Poetry”• Didactic poetry – verse that teaches a moral lesson• He was a shepherd in his youth and grew to be a
poor farmer• Legend says that Hesiod was murdered by the sons
of a family with whom he was staying during his travels.
• Hesiod is said to have received a mystical visitation by the Muses (9 daughters of Zeus) that enlightened and inspired him to write his famous poems (on the next slide).
• Today most writers have “muses,” sources of inspiration.
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Hesiod’s works:• His two famous poems were Theogony and Works &
Days.• Theogony –
▫ It centers around the history of the gods. He claimed the Muses told him to write it.
▫ We learn from this work that myths were the basis of their religion.
• Works & Days – ▫ It involves a disagreement between Hesiod and his
brother concerning the inheritance of their father’s estate.
▫ It also provides information on rituals & superstitions of the Greeks.
▫ It contains fables and myths Fable is a short story that has a moral.