RESEARCH EXERCISE
Find out
1. Who was Homer?
2. Find a map of classical Greece
3. Characters in Iliad – Hector, Achilles, Patroclus, Paris, Helen, Zeus. Divide the
characters – Gods, Greeks and Trojans. Give brief profiles
4. Write a definition of epic poetry and identify the key conventions of the genre.
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5. Show your understanding using a visual organizer.
6. Complete the cloze exercise based on your reading of the passage
below.http://www.freewalt.com/socialstudies/history/world/grecoroman/greeks/
trojanwar.htm