story starts in the middle at a more exciting point and recalls past events

Ex: Golden Helen; fleet footed Achilles; Stubbon Antigone names used over and over again

what Homer wrote in; six sets of dactyls (3 - syllables long short short)

when the gods intervene in a plot

listing everything like ships and scenery

monologues characters LOVE to talk

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Question	Answer
epic conventions	traditions
invocation	starts with a blessing
"in medias res"	story starts in the middle at a more exciting point and recalls past events
stock epithets	Ex: Golden Helen; fleet footed Achilles; Stubbon Antigone names used over and over again
dactylic hexameter	what Homer wrote in; six sets of dactyls (3 - syllables long short short)
divine intervention	when the gods intervene in a plot
catalogs/lists	listing everything like ships and scenery
speeches	monologues characters LOVE to talk
epic speeches	very long similes