The Odyssey. Homecoming Nostos (Return, or Homecoming) Invocation (1.1-25).
What is an epic? 1. A long narrative poem on a great and serious subject 2. Narrated in an elevated style, and centered on a heroic or quasi-divine figure.
Homer The Man Lived in Pre-Classical Period of Greek History and Culture Wrote of myth and folklore passed down through the oral tradition, beginning.