Epic Similes In The Iliad Book 22
Epic Similes In The Iliad Book 22. Achilles rejects hector’s plea to agree a pact that the victor return the body of the other back to his comrades. The power the gods possess, and the power the warriors have over.
Achilles chases the man he believes to be agenor, but soon apollo reveals himself to achilles, taunting him for chasing a god. An epic animal simile is used here to contrast the confusion and disorder in the trojan army, by comparison to the well organized and. Which is often also called a homeric simile, and later poets, such as virgil and milton, imitated it.