Blog post 13

For our last week of reading the odyssey, we got to choose what to write about. I chose to write about the importance of epithets inside of the odyssey. Epithets are a type of formulaic language that help describe a character. The typical formation of these epithets are Adjective-Noun then a name, for example clear headed Telemachus. These epithets were a very important part of these greek stories, because the stories were all told orally and they wanted to sound like song. By including epithets, it adds an element of rhythm to the song/story. Another reason is that since the stories are told orally, the epithets give the individual characters titles to help the characters get stuck in the audience's head. In conclusion, the Greek story of Odysseus and other works from that era would not be complete without epithets because of how much they contributed to the story.