- Why are there so many random names in the Iliad?
- Again to emphasize the importance of lineage
- To legitimize the text with concrete and minute details
- To make the kills seem important (honor the dead)
- To attach real names to the achievements of the warriors, credibility
- What's with the bronze armor?
- another theme & word Homer uses often
- The Illiad is during the Bronze Age. Thus, bronze is "the new thing"
*Watched Tantalus myth presentation*
New Essay Introduced
Creative Illiad Essay: Assignment #2
*Read Eskimo Creative Essay example*
Grammar fact of the day
If it's a foreign word use italics! Unless the word is in common usage
If you write your essay in the Homeric style: Use long and extensive simile
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