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Epithets and Epic Similes

Epithets and Epic Similes. The Odyssey by Homer PowerPoint by Erin Salona. Epithets. brief descriptive phrases characterize a person or thing sometimes set off by commas used to help the rhapsode & listener better remember details. Epithets. Examples of Epithets:

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Epithets and Epic Similes

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  1. Epithets and Epic Similes The Odyssey by Homer PowerPoint by Erin Salona

  2. Epithets • brief descriptive phrases • characterize a person or thing • sometimes set off by commas • used to help the rhapsode & listener better remember details

  3. Epithets • Examples of Epithets: • Odysseus, master mariner • Grey-eyed Athena • Muse, daughter of Zeus • the ocean, the winedark sea • Rosy-fingered dawn

  4. Epithets • TASK: Create an epithet for your own name. Consider what you like to do, who your parents are, and what you are best known for.

  5. Epic Similes • also known as the Homeric Simile • uses like or as • comparison between two things • an elaborate version of a regular simile

  6. Epic Similes • Example: “And Odysseus let the bright molten tears run down his cheeks, weeping the way a wife mourns for her lord on the lost field where he has gone down fighting” - Book 8 • What is being compared?

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