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High School - 9th Grade

Alright, So I need to find 3 epithets in "The Odyssey" Book IX. Can someone please help me?

I'm having a really hard time understanding what an epithet even is, much less finding them.

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Posted by xoxblueydbabiidawlxox on Saturday December 13, 2008 at 8:30 AM and tagged with book 9, details, epithet, homer, literary terms, odyssey, the odyssey.

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  1. ladyvols1 Teacher
    High School - 9th Grade

    According to the Webster Dictionary and epithet is: “a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing; b: a disparaging or abusive word or phrase There are epithets that Homer used on the basis of how many syllables he needs for the meter Some examples  from book nine are:

    “Soon as Aurora, daughter of the dawn,"


    “From Maron, offspring of Evanthes, priest"


    “My vessel, Neptune, Shaker of the shores,
    At yonder utmost promontory dash’d
    In pieces, hurling her against the rocks
    With winds that blew right thither from the sea,
    And I, with these alone, escaped alive.”

    I hope this helps.

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/odyssey-text/book-ix
    http://www.enotes.com/odyssey/book-9-summary-analysis

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    Posted by ladyvols1 on Saturday December 13, 2008 at 9:21 AM