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	Homer Homer principal figure of ancient Greek literature; the first European poet. Works, Life, and Legends Two epic poems are attributed to Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey. They are composed in a literary type of Greek, Ionic in basis with Aeolic admixtures. Ranked among the great works of Western... Read more
	The Odyssey Odyssey, The One of the great epics of ancient Greece, the Odyssey tells the story of the struggles and triumphs of the hero Odysseus as he made his way home after the Trojan War. Pursued by the sea god Poseidon, but aided both by his own cunning and by the goddess Athena*, Odysseus overcame... Read more
	Adam Mickiewicz Adam Mickiewicz A poet and Polish nationalist, Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (1798–1855) occupies a central position in the literature of his country. Polish students study and memorize his epic poem Pan Tadeusz (Master Thaddeus), and his writings have effectively connected the cause of Polish... Read more
	ancient Greek literature ancient Greek literature the writings of the ancient Greeks. The Greek Isles are recognized as the birthplace of Western intellectual life. Early Writings The earliest extant European literary works are the Iliad and the Odyssey, both written in ancient Greek probably before 700 BC, and... Read more
	Iliad Iliad, The, a Greek epic poem attributed to Homer, describing the war waged by Achaean princes against Troy for the purpose of recovering Helen, wife of Menelaus, whom Paris, son of King Priam of Troy, had carried off. In particular it deals with the wrath of Achilles, the special hero of the poem,... Read more
	Odyssey Odyssey, The One of the great epics of ancient Greece, the Odyssey tells the story of the struggles and triumphs of the hero Odysseus as he made his way home after the Trojan War. Pursued by the sea god Poseidon, but aided both by his own cunning and by the goddess Athena*, Odysseus overcame... Read more
	epic epic long, exalted narrative poem, usually on a serious subject, centered on a heroic figure. The earliest epics, known as primary, or original, epics, were shaped from the legends of an age when a nation was conquering and expanding; such is the foundation of the Babylonian epic of Gilgamesh, of... Read more
	Odysseus Odysseus , Lat. Ulysses , in Greek mythology, son and successor of King Laertes of Ithaca. A leader of Greek forces during the Trojan War, Odysseus was noted (as in the Iliad ) for his cunning strategy and his wise counsel. He is the central figure of the Odyssey, which tells of his adventures... Read more
	Ithaca Ithaca, Greece, USA 1. Greece: one of the Ionian islands (Itháki in Greek) with a name of unknown meaning. However, the first syllable probably comes from the Phoenician word for ‘island’.2. USA (New York): founded in 1789 and named after the Greek island in 1795. It had... Read more
	Andrew Lang Andrew Lang 1844-1912, English scholar and man of letters, b. Scotland. His poetry, much of it written in the forms of ballades, triolets, and rondeaux, appeared in such volumes as his Ballads in Blue China (2 vol., 1880-81). Lang was one of the first to apply anthropological findings to the... Read more