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In two extended similes Hector nd Achilles are compared to animals. Find these epic similes and others in this part of the story. What comparisons are made in each simile?
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In the Iliad, Hector is compared to a wild boar and Achilles to a lion in Book 22. Hector's comparison emphasizes his fierce determination in battle, while Achilles' comparison highlights his strength and ferocity. Another epic simile describes Achilles pursuing Hector like a hawk chasing a dove, enhancing the sense of speed and inevitability of Hector’s fate. Another compares the Trojan army to a swarm of bees disturbed by a rock, conveying their panicked and disorganized retreat.
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In two extended similes, Hector and Achilles are compared to animals. Find these epic similes (Homeric similes). What comparisons are made in each simile?
The simile that best describes their characteristics begins in line 194 until line 198. Homer compares them to stallions as Achilles chases Hector around the city of Priam three times before Hector encounters Deiphobus, Hector’s brother, who Athena takes form of to deceive him
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