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The Iliad (Greek: , Iliás ) is an epic poem recounting significant events during a portion of the final year of the Trojan War — the Greek siege of the city of Ilion (Troy) — hence the title (...
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Epithets are a characteristic of oral poetry and Epic style. Proper names of people and places, ordinary nouns (such as 'ships', 'sea' 'sheep' 'oil' 'cities') have an adjective or adjectival phrase which precedes or ... N.B. Similes have the same effect and there are more of these in the 'Iliad' than in the 'Odyssey'.
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The Iliad; By Homer (9th or 8th Century B.C.); ... The Homeric epithet is an ancient relative of such later epithets as Richard the Lion-Hearted, Ivan the Terrible, and America the Beautiful. Homer repeated his epithets often, presumably so the listeners of his recited tales could easily remember and picture the person or...
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www.cummingsstudyguides.net/TheIliad.html
www.cummingsstudyguides.net/TheIliad.html
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Usually called an epithet or an Homeric epithet, but sometimes called an Homeric epitaph, it is one of the most noticeable features of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Epithet comes from the Greek for putting (something) ... Epithets add a bit of color and also fill out the meter when the name on its own doesn't quite fit.
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ancienthistory.about.com/od/homer/qt/HomericEpithet.htm
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EPITHETS posted by shuffy23 on 2/28/06 7:20 PM ... I NEED EPITHETS FOR ALL THE PREDOMINANT CHARACTERS ASAP!!!! E.G.:"the swift-footed Achilles" ... · um essay on the iliad and the aenid? rockoutgrl5 10/21/05 1:50 PM...
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A character or object in the Iliad generally has a number of epithets of varying metrical size used in conjunction with it. The reason for this is that sometimes a longer epithet is needed to suit the meter, while on other occasions a shorter one is needed.
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depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/dunkle/studyguide/h...
depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/dunkle/studyguide/homer.htm
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Epithets are common in classical Greek and Roman literature. These are a descriptive phrase that's commonly attached to the name of a person, place or thing. For example, in the Iliad, Hector is called "tamer of horses" 410 times. ... Technorati Tags: common criteria, epithets, Iliad...
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superconductor.voltage.com/2009/02/epithets.html
superconductor.voltage.com/2009/02/epithets.html
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Required Blog Post #1 Books 1-6 of The Iliad are packed with excellent examples of Homeric similes and ornamental epithets. As we discussed in class this ... Tagged: Homeric Similes, Iliad, Ornamental Epithets, Required Post 2009. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response,
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An eagle of Zeus, sent as an omen, appears in Book 2, as such portents frequently did in The Iliad. Numerous epithets from the war epic remain in use (”Zeus whose shield is thunder” and the like).
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