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What is an epic in the odyssey? ASAP!!!!

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Step-by-step explanation:

5 element of epic

1. the "epic" hero completes what everyone attempts to do

2. involves deeds of a super god's srength

3. vast setting, the actions are not geographically only, but, also involves super natural: gods, demons, angels, time, space

4. sustained elevation: fancy writing and poetry, singing and drama.

5. poet is objective and omniscient: the narrator sees and knows all and presents all different perspective

Historical or mystical hero. The characters have a larger story but broken down closely connected and separate sections

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Essay on The Odyssey, by Homer, is an Epic. An epic is a long, episodic narrative poem that recounts the adventures of a historical or mystical hero. Episodic narratives have a larger story broken down into closely connected, but individual and separate sections.

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