(1) is a major feature of epic structure. Both epics show the social, political, economic, cultural, military and other aspects of the transitional period of ancient Greece on an unprecedented scale, covering the historical events that occurred in the past two decades. However, the epic does not directly describe its whole process, but adopts a highly concentrated and generalized creative technique, which not only highlights the key points, but also takes into account the overall situation.
(2) Epic is written in natural and plain spoken language, and uses a lot of expressive skills of oral art, such as exaggeration, contrast, metaphor, fixed modifiers, rhetoric and so on. The application of these artistic techniques is inseparable from its structural characteristics of taking the overall situation into account and highlighting key points. Exaggeration, contrast, metaphor and other techniques run through, making the whole poem magnificent and heroic; It is also very expressive in characterization.
(3) The unique rhythm of poetry itself and the rich imagination derived from myths and legends greatly enhance the appeal of the works. The epic adopts a six-step short verse with a blank ending, which makes the whole poem lively. Ancient Greek mythology itself contains colorful imagination. Integrating them into poems with unique expressive force adds romanticism to the whole poem on the basis of realism.
(4) Homer pays attention to depicting the main characters, but at the same time, he does not ignore the epic nature of the secondary characters, and has also made great achievements in depicting characters. The main method of shaping characters is to put them in a certain situation, describe their language and actions in detail, and express their character with exaggerated techniques and colorful poems. Homer's epic has always been regarded as the pioneer of critical realism literature. In the depiction of minor characters, Homer usually uses only a little pen and ink and a few words to outline their images.
(5) About the artistic features of Homer's epic, the most striking thing is its heroic and mythical depiction. It can be said that it is an epic with pure heroism and myth. Homer's epic is the product of the transition from clan commune system to slavery in ancient Greece. Most of the heroes portrayed in the epic are full of the spirit of clan heroes and the consciousness of early slave owners.