| A | B |
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| allusion | a reference to something |
| bard | a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poetry, and often accompanied himself with a harp or lyre |
| democracy | government by the people |
| epic | a poetic composition usually centered on a hero in which a series of great achievements or events are narrated in elevated style |
| Homer | eighth century B.C. Greek poet and author of The Iliad and The Odyssey |
| lyric poems | poems with mythological subjects sung to music |
| oral tradition | the tradition in which stories were passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth rather than being written down |
| Virgil | Roman poet and author of the Aeneid |
| The Iliad and The Odyssey | Homer's two masterpieces that tell about the Mycenean war against the city of Troy |
| Classical Period | t;he fifth century B.C. era in ancient Greece that saw the emergence of democracy and the city-state |
