How were the Epics told? by Mrs. Hood https://padlet.com/beachood/howepicsweretold What is different from how we tell stories today and how the Greeks told stories? en-us 2015-10-21 03:02:34 UTC 2025-04-24 09:51:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Lyre_%28PSF%29.png 5477051 https://padlet.com/beachood/howepicsweretold/wish/346701321 Scholars suggest that stories like the Iliad and the Odyssey were originally told aloud by people who could not read or write.]]> 2019-03-29 20:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/beachood/howepicsweretold/wish/346701321 Epics had a specific story line with a poetic sound. The singers had to be very talented and they had the epic poems memorized. beachood https://padlet.com/beachood/howepicsweretold/wish/347829597 2019-04-02 20:30:54 UTC https://padlet.com/beachood/howepicsweretold/wish/347829597 There are many similes in the epic poem that compare epic events to simple events, so the audience would understand beachood https://padlet.com/beachood/howepicsweretold/wish/347831832 2019-04-02 20:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/beachood/howepicsweretold/wish/347831832 The epic poems would be told over a couple of days and the audience would talk about it for days after. beachood https://padlet.com/beachood/howepicsweretold/wish/347832360 2019-04-02 20:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/beachood/howepicsweretold/wish/347832360