? Homer's epic is very artistic, and its aesthetic value is various. Both epics are heroic epics with grand themes and lofty themes. Epic is a gallery of ancient heroic images, which shows the Greek national spirit with a series of heroic images. ? Epic, a literary genre that originated in human childhood, is also a unique concept in the history of literary development. Homer's epic is mainly narrative, which expresses solemn and lofty ideological content. The epic is long in length, large in scale and magnificent in structure, which comprehensively reflects the life of ancient Greece during the transition from clan society to slave society and writes a glorious history of founding the country for the Greek nation. ? Homer's epic is a pure heroic myth epic, which is the product of the transition from ancient Greek clan commune system to slavery. The Iliad and the Odyssey are its two parts. The Iliad focuses on the story of Qi Xin, a hero who broke through all difficulties and captured Troy. The hero's image is distinct, his temperament is different, and his narrative structure is magnificent. The Odyssey focuses on the story of the hero Odyssey coming home, his son Taylor Marco looking for his father and their revenge. Most of the heroes portrayed in the epic are full of the spirit of clan heroes and the consciousness of early slave owners. ? Achilles is brave and unstoppable; He can take care of the overall situation, forget the past and fight resolutely; His love and hate are clear, and his heart is broken for the death of his best friend. After killing your opponent, drag him to the back of the chariot to vent his anger.

All these reflect his true colors of heroism. However, he refused to participate in the war out of personal interests, and was unwilling to reconcile in order to show his important position, which eventually led to heavy casualties in the Greek army. This fidgety and willfulness shows his personal clan aristocratic consciousness. ? In contrast, Hecktor is more heroic and collectivist. He foresaw that the polis would be destroyed, that he would be killed and that his wife would become a slave. But he resolutely went into battle on behalf of his father, took the lead, and finally shed blood on the battlefield. The description of Hecktor's battle to bid farewell to his wife and the scene of mourning for her in the whole city after Illion's death have added to the tragic color of this image. ? Odysseus is the most obvious slave owner in Homer's epic. He is the king of Ithaca and a wise and brave general in the Greek army. He has all the qualities and talents of a slave owner. He is resourceful and eloquent; He has indomitable courage, and he is determined to return to his hometown regardless of all hardships; He was so devoted to love that he finally returned to his wife after being seduced by the witch. He cares about his subordinates, sympathizes with slaves and is loved by people. At the same time, he is also hypocritical and cunning, and he is extremely cruel to disloyal domestic slaves. ? It can be seen that while trying to render the noble qualities of various heroes, the epic did not avoid their shortcomings, and sometimes even severely criticized them. Therefore, people have always regarded Homer's epic as the pioneer of critical realism literature.

It should be said that as a work formed during the transition period from ancient Greek society to slavery, the aristocratic tendency in the epic is inevitable. At that time, due to the uneven distribution of social wealth, the tendency of increasing differentiation between nobles and civilians became more and more obvious. The inviolability of personal wealth is gradually regarded as a social norm. The noble's heroic struggle for the vested interests of the group is regarded as the supreme virtue. The heroic images depicted in the epic are also the representatives of these tribal nobles. Their thoughts not only represent a positive, optimistic and enterprising attitude towards life, but also represent a social moral standard that matches the brand-new social system. ? Compare the images of Achilles and Odysseus. The former embodies the collective consciousness of clan society and has a strong sense of collective honor. Although he angrily withdrew from the battle and valued personal honor, when the Greeks were losing ground, the generals collectively apologized to him and invited him to participate in the war, and he rejoined the war. Collective honor prevailed, and individual consciousness did not surpass collective consciousness. Odysseus pays attention to individual consciousness, and collective consciousness no longer exists. His wandering at sea shows the strength of individual against nature, and his struggle with pursuers shows his strong will to safeguard personal interests. The creation of two images in the two epics shows the trend of human consciousness from collective consciousness to individual consciousness. ? Besides,? The artistic features of Homer's two epics are also different. The Iliad is about a war of swords and shadows. Have masculine beauty; ? Ode to Discipline is about family. Sensitive? Have feminine beauty.

The Iliad is about important events. The scene is spectacular. It became the source of later "epic" novels. There is a lot of space in Odysseus about the wandering experience of the protagonist. It became the beginning of later "historical poetic" novels. In terms of writing techniques, although both epics are masterpieces of realism and romanticism, relatively speaking, the Iliad? Chinese is a little more realistic, while Odessa is a little more romantic. That is, the main tendency of the Iliad is realism. The main tendency of ode to discipline is romanticism: this shows that from the beginning of the original European literary works, there are two basic factors inclined to creative methods. ? As two interrelated literary works, Iliad and Odyssey have their own emphases. ? The Iliad takes the war between clans as the main line, focuses on heroic achievements, describes the battles of heroes with a lot of space, praises their bravery and loyalty, and is full of heroism. As a general, Achilles' emotion is full of human weakness. His anger, unbearable, grief, loyalty and fearlessness promoted the development of the story and caused the change of the war pattern. The human side does not prevent him from becoming a hero, but enriches his image. He is the first legendary hero in the west. ? The Odyssey focuses on the description of human suffering, showing the hardships of life, and people live surrounded by opposites.

Odysseus faced God's difficulties, enemies' obstacles and natural challenges, but he always adhered to his beliefs, survived in suffering and finally won his own happiness. Odysseus is the first person in western literature who insists on fighting alone. ? However, no matter the Iliad or the Odyssey, all epics are strongly fatalistic. The hero's recognition of fate reflects the Greek religious feelings, that is, the arbitrariness and irresistible will of God are the masters of human destiny. In fact, the ten-year Trojan War of the Greeks came from the premeditated plan of the gods; Odysseus's ten-year journey home and difficulties were also angered Poseidon, and every difficult breakthrough of Odysseus could not be separated from God's protection. Therefore, the life and death, suffering and escape of the hero in the poem depend on the will of the gods. Heroes know their fate, but they don't resist, and they can't resist. Their obedience shows their fear and recognition of God's will. The Greek religious view is fully reflected here. Homer's epic, however, has no detailed content about the origin and pedigree of the gods, but mainly focuses on describing the relationship between God and man and the influence of God's will on human society? The ubiquitous King's Landing. Hershiod after Homer did this work. In his Chronicle of the Gods, he described the relationship between the universe and the gods and the formation of the genealogy of the gods, thus completing a unified Greek mythology system and providing the Greek nation with all the contents of their beliefs. On this basis, the citizens of the polis also formed their own moral thoughts and formulated corresponding moral standards.

The ancient Greek gods embodied the spirit of living people, or in other words, the ancient Greek gods were essentially the ideal embodiment of respected personality. We can see that the ancient Greeks formed the gods they believed in by idealizing the respected personality, and created many myths that were passed down orally and recorded in literature through rich imagination of these gods. These myths themselves are the art created by the ancient Greeks and have become an important source of the development of ancient Greek art. Because these myths are the deposition of the imagination, thoughts and feelings of many generations of ancient Greeks. So that their precious value, as Marx pointed out, has eternal charm. In a word, Hegel called the ancient Greek society a "beautiful personality", which is not only his praise for the ancient Greek society, but also his beauty for the ancient Greek art. In his view, only the ancient Greek society was the golden age of artistic development, and unparalleled art appeared &; Mdash& ampmdash Classical art? References:? What are the artistic features of Chen Xiaoxiang's Homer Epic? Will Lin Shilu achieve On the Artistic Features of Homer's Epic? Lin Yan's appreciation