PLEASE HELP!!! I'LL FAN AND MEDAL!!!
Which epic characteristic is used in this excerpt from the Iliad by Homer?

Then thus the king: “Shall I my prize resign
With tame content, and thou possess'd of thine?
Great as thou art, and like a god in fight,
Think not to rob me of a soldier's right.
At thy demand shall I restore the maid?
First let the just equivalent be paid;
Such as a king might ask; and let it be
A treasure worthy her, and worthy me.

epic simile

epithet

starting in medias res

invocation to the muse

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PLEASE HELP!!! I'LL FAN AND MEDAL!!!
Which epic characteristic is used in this excerpt from the Iliad by Homer?

Then thus the king: “Shall I my prize resign
With tame content, and thou possess'd of thine?
Great as thou art, and like a god in fight,
Think not to rob me of a soldier's right.
At thy demand shall I restore the maid?
First let the just equivalent be paid;
Such as a king might ask; and let it be
A treasure worthy her, and worthy me.

    epic simile

    epithet

    starting in medias res

    invocation to the muse

anaise · Answer

What do you think? I personally would say epithet, but I don't go to school for this.

soprano.h.d0816 · Answer

That's honestly what I was thinking.

anaise · Answer

Then we can agree on something :)

anaise · Answer

Anything else?

soprano.h.d0816 · Answer

Uhmm... let me look.

anaise · Answer

kk