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1 Epithets and Epic Similes The Odyssey by Homer

2 Epithets brief descriptive phrases brief descriptive phrases characterize a person or thing characterize a person or thing sometimes set off by commas sometimes set off by commas

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

4 Epithets QUESTION: Can you find the epithet for Poseidon in Book 9 in italics on page 318 (912)? QUESTION: Can you find the epithet for Poseidon in Book 9 in italics on page 318 (912)? Answer: Poseidon,The blue girdler of the islands” Answer: Poseidon,The blue girdler of the islands”

5 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. 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.

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

7 Epic Similes Homer uses these similes for emphasis Homer uses these similes for emphasis Example: “She brushed it away from his skin as lightly as when a mother Example: “She brushed it away from his skin as lightly as when a mother Brushes a fly away from her child who is lying in sweet sleep.” Brushes a fly away from her child who is lying in sweet sleep.” What is being compared? What is being compared?

8 Epic Similes Example: “And Odysseus 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? What is being compared?


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