B1 Literary Devices

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Cards (5)

  • Metaphors
    The staff that Achilles swears on foreshadows how the Greeks will die without him
  • Epithets
    “Swift-footed Achilles”
    “Wide-ruling Agamemnon”
    “Godlike Achilles”
  • Patronymics
    “Son of Atreus” - Agamemnon / Menelaus
    “Son of Peleus” - Achilles
    “Apollo son of Zeus”
  • Formulae
    sacrifice (acts as a contrast between Gods and mortals)
  • Speeches
    - Allows characters to express emotion and reveal more about them; Heroes are articulate
    - Homer raises moral questions in speeches (e.g. Agamemnon’s share of prizes)
    - The reader can make their own decision about the characters without the narrators input
    - Achilles, Agamemnon and Nestor all make speeches in book 1