The epic cycle

Question 1

epic cycle

Answer 1

collection of epic poems related to the Trojan War; apart from the Iliad, they only survive as fragments/references in other texts

Question 2

Homeric question

Answer 2

debate about concerning who, when, where, and under what circumstances the Iliad and Odyssey were composed

Question 3

scholia

Answer 3

commentaries written in the margins of texts

Question 4

rhapsode

Answer 4

travelling performers who performed songs and poems to audiences in Ancient Greece