Question

Sing to me of the man muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of troy. this is an example of which epic convention?

Answer 1

Answer:

The excerpt is an example of invocation.

Explanation:

Invocation is a convention of classical literature and epic poems. At the beginning of the poem, or at the beginning of each canto, the author addresses a muse or deity, asking for help and inspiration to write. The word invocation comes from the Latin invocatio - to summon or to call upon. Invocations are considered a type of apostrophe, which is an address to a dead or absent person.

In the famous epic poem "Odyssey", by Homer, the invocation is as follows:

Tell me, Muse, of the man of many ways, who was driven

far journeys, after he had sacked Troy’s sacred citadel.

Many were they whose cities he saw, whose minds he learned of,

many the pains he suffered in his spirit on the wide sea,

struggling for his own life and the homecoming of his companions.

Answer 2

This is an example of which invocation. The invocation in the Odyssey is a prayer or a chant at the beginning delivered only to the Muse or deity. This is their way to ask for something either to aid them or to thank them. In here, the narrator is speaking to Muse, daughter of Zeus, to Odyssey that will soon invade the city of Troy.