1.) "…all the sea was like a cauldron/ seething over intense fire, when the mixture/ suddenly heaves and rises."
apex: detailed description
2.) "A distant field, no hearth fires near Will hide a fresh brand in his bed of embers to keep a spark alive for the next day; so in the leaves Odysseus hid himself."
(above was in my schools Jeopardy game for The Odyssey)
One epic simile in the Fitzgerald Translation of the Odyssey is when Odysseus describes the scene of the Cyclops (Polyphemus). "...I leaned on it turning it as a shipwright turns a drill in planking..." (IX, 416-418) This shows how Odysseus rammed the scorched olive tree in Polyphemus' eye.
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The joker from dark knight
An epic simile is a simile developed over many lines, mainly an epic poem. A sentece would be like.... "The Odyssey, by Homer, has many lines of epic simile"
This is an example of a lengthy speech.
In Book 23 of the Odyssey, the epic simile describes the reunion of Odysseus and Penelope like the joy of sailors spotting land after a long and treacherous journey at sea. Another epic simile compares Odysseus's emotional reunion with his wife to the relief a farmer feels when the rains finally arrive after a long drought. This use of vivid imagery helps emphasize the emotional intensity and significance of these moments in the story.
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An epic simile. There are numerous examples in Homer's The Odyssey. What qualifies a simile is the comparison of two things (ie. "his heart was like a lion's") using the words "like" or "as". To qualify as an epic simile the comparison is extended using inflated language and poetic description.
An epic simile. There are numerous examples in Homer's The Odyssey. What qualifies a simile is the comparison of two things (ie. "his heart was like a lion's") using the words "like" or "as". To qualify as an epic simile the comparison is extended using inflated language and poetic description.
Homer's Odyssey is classified as a Primary Epic. This poem is based on the legends of the Greek people. It is considered the foundation example for the entire epic genre.
One way to cite an epic poem in a paper is to use the author's name and the title of the poem. For example, for Homer's "The Odyssey," the citation could be: Homer. "The Odyssey." Another way is to include the specific book or line numbers if applicable, like: Homer. "The Odyssey." Book 10, lines 250-255.
lines 449-461 of book ten.