Read the following passage and answer the question. with that promise, off and away athena the bright-eyed goddess flew like a bird in soaring flight this is an example of which epic convention? lengthy speech digression epic simile divine intervention

The ancient greek poet. homer, is credited with writing the odyssey. however, scholars still debate whether homer wrote the entire epic. what is the main reason for this uncertainty? o some sections of the epic are written in different poetic styles and forms. most ancient greeks could not read or write, so the epic was first written in latin ob och storytellers repeated the epic aloud for centuries before it was ever written down. od the epic was a fictional account, so the identity of its author may have been fictionalized as well.