OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation · J199
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A long narrative poem about heroic deeds, often involving gods and events important to a community’s identity.
Revise: Virgil’s AeneidVirgil’s Aeneid is a Roman epic: a long heroic narrative involving human struggles, divine powers and the origins of a community. Written from around 29 BC until Virgil’s death in 19 BC, it follows Aeneas, a Trojan prince who escapes the destruction of Troy and travels to Italy. His descendants will eventually found Rome; Aeneas does not found Rome himself.
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A long narrative poem about heroic actions, often involving warfare, gods and a community’s legendary past.
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A long narrative poem about heroic events, often involving warfare and intervention by gods.
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- Revise: Roman History and Epic Poetry
A long narrative poem about heroic actions, often involving gods and the origins or destiny of a people.
- Revise: Homer as a story-teller and the idea of epic
A long narrative poem about heroic deeds, usually involving gods and events from a legendary past.
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- Revise: Narrative and Literary Techniques in the Odyssey
A long narrative poem about heroic deeds, usually involving divine intervention. Ancient Greek epic uses dactylic hexameter.
- Revise: Authors, Genres and Composition of Classical War Texts
A long narrative poem dealing with major heroic actions and their consequences for a community.
- Revise: Literary Contexts and Attitudes towards War
A long narrative poem about major events and figures from a community's legendary past.
- Revise: Ancient Audience Responses to Military Themes
A long narrative poem about important deeds and events, often involving heroes, warfare and gods.
- Revise: Greek Literary Sources on Warfare: Homer and Tyrtaeus
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A long narrative poem about heroic actions, often involving gods and the fate of a community.
- Revise: Analysing Literary Form, Plot and Characterisation
A long narrative poem about major heroic actions, often involving gods and the fate of communities.