Stylistic Devices in the Iliad
Name 1 literary device in the Iliad
Foreshadowing, symbolism, metaphor, simile, hyperbole... etc
Who is Homer known as? (Work)
Rhapsode
What type of poem is the Illiad?
Epic
What stylistic device is used in this quote “His descent was like nightfall.”
Simile
Did Homer have any siblings?
Yes
What language was the Illiad originally?
Ancient Greek
Name at least 3 stylistic devices in the Iliad.
Allegory, Symbolism, Imagery
Where was Homer born?
He was born somewhere on the coast of Asia Minor.
Where were the poems originally from?
ancient Greece
Most used literary device
Symbolism
When was Homer supposedly born? (Centry range)
He was born sometime between the 12th and 8th centuries BC.
What culture did his epic poems impact?
Western culture
“…There is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover’s whisper, irresistible—magic to make the sanest man go mad.”
What stylistic device is this?
Personification "heat of love" "rush of longing"
Where did Homer die?
Ios, Greece
Name at least one Translator of the Illiad
William Cowper, Andrew Lang, Walter Leaf, Samuel Butler, George Chapman, Alexandros Pallis