OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation · J199
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The ancient Greek verse metre used in Homeric epic and the Homeric Hymns, with six metrical feet in each line.
Revise: Homeric Hymns: Demeter and Heracles the Lion HeartedMost belong broadly to the period from the eighth or seventh century to the fifth century BC. Their original Greek uses dactylic hexameter, the six-foot verse metre of the Iliad and Odyssey. Hymns could serve as a prooimion, an introductory song honouring a deity before a longer performance.
- Revise: Homer as a story-teller and the idea of epic
The rhythmic metre of ancient Greek epic poetry, consisting of six metrical feet in each line.
- Revise: Narrative and Literary Techniques in the Odyssey
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- Revise: Authors, Genres and Composition of Classical War Texts
The six-foot verse metre used in Greek and Roman epic, including Homer’s Iliad and Virgil’s Aeneid.