The Iliad

by Homer

The Iliad: Genre 1 key example

Genre
Explanation and Analysis:

The Iliad is an epic poem that is broken into 24 parts. Originally products of oral traditions, epics are long narrative poems that typically recount the adventures of heroic characters and present these adventures as foundational to a society or civilization. The main characters of epics tend to be mortal humans, but they're often involved with gods or other immortal beings through their adventures.