Question

The Greek poet Homer composed The Iliad and The Odyssey, poems which became models for all subsequent Western epic poetry.
Which of the following are characteristics of both pieces?
A. Free flowing writing style
B. Literal descriptions of historic events
C. Emphasis on strengths and weaknesses of man
D. Sense of hope about the future

Answer 1

Hint:- Homer was a great poet of early Greek, who was credited with the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey(two epic poems).
Homer had a huge influence on Greek literature and the Homeric epics are among the oldest surviving writings in any language during the Greek archaic period, c. 750 B.C.E.
All epic poetry in Western literature comes out of Homers’ writing.
Although, the Greeks believed that Homer was a blind, or professional singer, and the poems were passed on for decades by oral tradition before being committed to writing.

Complete answer:
The early Greek poet ‘Homer’ composed The Iliad and The Odyssey, two epic poems which became models for all subsequent Western epic poetry are Free-flowing writing style. So A is the correct answer.
The Odyssey is the second of the two great epic poems ascribed to Homer.
It consists of 24 books, beginning, as do many ancient epics, in media res, or in the middle of the action, with prior events described through flashbacks or storytelling.
The first 4 books of Odyssey named the Telemachiad.
In the 5th book, Odysseus explains the end of his journey, a not entirely unwilling captive of the beautiful nymph, Calypso, with whom he's spent seven of his ten lost years.
The 11,300 line of the poem includes Odysseus, king of Ithaca, on his voyage home after a heroic turn in the Trojan War.
The poem includes the story of Odysseus' wife, Penelope, who struggles to remain faithful, and his son Telemachus, who sets out to find his father.
Although Iliad consists of its extended sequences of battle and violence, all three became successful by their clever tricks, and the support of the goddess, Athena.
Another Homer epic is The Iliad , which narrates several actions during the tenth and final year of the Trojan War, concentrating on the wrath of Achilles.
 Iliad started with the dispute between Achilles and Agamemnon, and ends with the funeral rites of Hector.
 Neither the war’s background nor its beginning or end is directly narrated in the Iliad.

Hence, answer A is the right option.

Note: Homer's epic poems occupy honor, the cultural and moral value in Ancient Greece, virtue, work of art except religious scripture, etc.
 The Greeks inclined more toward drama, science, architecture, and humanistic philosophy rather than religious matters.
 Homer’s epic poems mostly emphasize human values, as well as his unflattering portrayal of the gods, buffeted by all-too-human weaknesses.