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The Death of Hector from the Iliad by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles

Literary Skill: The Epic Simile Advanced Skill: Analyze Epithet Detecting Imagery. The Death of Hector from the Iliad by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles. Extended comparisons Color and amplify Digression from the plot. Epic Simile or Homeric Simile.

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The Death of Hector from the Iliad by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles

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  1. Literary Skill: The Epic Simile Advanced Skill: Analyze Epithet Detecting Imagery The Death of Hector from the Iliad by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles

  2. Extended comparisons Color and amplify Digression from the plot Epic Simile or Homeric Simile

  3. “Bright as that star amid the stars in the night sky, / star of the evening, brightest star that rides the heavens, / so fire flared from the sharp point of the spear Achilles / brandished.” Epic SimileExample – Description of Achilles' Spear

  4. Reread the simile in lines 139-145. Paraphrase the text to ensure understanding. Literal Question: What things are being compared in the simile? Interpretive Question: What might this simile, and others in the story, tell you about Homer’s listeners? Experiential Question: How do animals behave when they are hunting? How do they behave when they are being hunted? Close ReadingMetacognitive Strategy: Ladders of Questions

  5. Phrases that include adjectives describing characteristics of a person or thing. Aid to listener to identify. Aid to oral story teller to maintain meter and recall plot. Epithet

  6. “swift Achilles” “swift racer Achilles” “brilliant Achilles” “proud runner Achilles” “Hector, breaker of horses” Epithet Examples

  7. Re-read lines 98-110 from “With that” to “my fighting strength.” What epithets describe Hector? What evidence in the passage supports the epithets used to describe Hector? What additional epithet does Homer include? How do the epithet’s contribute to the tone of the passage? Close Reading Practice

  8. Writing that speaks to or engages the senses. Imagery

  9. Find the following words in the text: lethal (line 51) onslaught (line 76) gluts (line 91) rend (line 194) defiled (line 253) • Explain how each word contributes to the imagery of battle. Vocabulary that Addresses the senses

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