Epithet: word or phrase used to characterize someone or something
used in place of the name of the person or object
Examples of epithets from The Odyssey
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827
Daughter of Zeus = ______________________
Laertes’ son = ___________________________
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__________________________ = Odysseus
__________________________ = Poseidon
__________________________ = Poseidon
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Repetition: the use of a sound, word, phrase, or sentence more than once
What phrase is used repeatedly in Part One of The Odyssey?
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Name the specific page numbers and line numbers where you found this repeated
phrase.
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A simile is an expression that uses like or as to compare two seemingly like things.
An epic simile, also called a Homeric simile, extends a comparison with elaborate
descriptive details that can fill several lines of verse.
The scene describing the blinding of the Cyclops on pages 822-823 contains two epic
similes. Identify the lines of each simile and tell what is being compared.
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