THE GREAT EPICS
The following suggestive outline of a “STORY HOUR CYCLE,” arranged by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, is re-published as an excellent example of systematic classification.
Such study applied to any of the great epics will not only discover to the story teller a great treasure house of stories, but will be helpful in holding them together in sequential relation.
STORIES FROM THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY
THE SIEGE OF TROY
Story I. The Apple of Discord
- 1. The Founding of Troy
- 2. Story of Paris and Œnone
- 3. Marriage of Peleus and Thetis
- 4. The Apple of Discord
- 5. The Judgment of Paris
Story II. The League Against Troy
- 1. The Athletic Games in Troy
- 2. Discovery of the Parentage of Paris
- 3. Embassy to Greece
- 4. Story of Helen and the Pledge of the Greek Princes
- 5. Abduction of Helen
- 6. League against Troy