An Epic in my own words is basically a poem, that features a hero. It also can be a fantasy/adventure, and can have a hero and a villian.
In the poem, Iliad (which is an epic), there are many great examples of it's charactaristics as an epic. So of them are:
1. Line 107-111: This is a classic example of making the hero in an epic seem larger than life. Agamemnon is written to be very powerful and God-like in this passage.
2. Line 52-60: This is showing the more fantasy aspect of this Epic. Here, a prayer is sent up to the god Apollo, to punish the people that disrespected the priest. Symbolism is used here to represent Apollo coming down and stricking down all of the soliders, but he actually struck them with disease.
3. Line 379-412: In this passage, not only is the good side of the hero shown, but also a weak side. The hero breaks down into tears instead of being all heroic and strong.
For me, this picture represents an epic because it shows a scene that might be portrayed to be larger than life, it also show a struggle, and maybe the storm is begin cause by Gods or something.
