Reading Notes: Homer's Iliad Part B

(Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus by Nikolai Ge, from Wikipedia)

The only devices from this section that I feel I could use in my own story telling are the figurative language and the imagery. 

"And Athené put her great shield about his shoulders, and set as it were a circle of gold about his head, so that it shone like to a flame of fire"

"Only he shouted aloud, and his voice was as the voice of a trumpet. It was a terrible sound to hear, and the hearts of the men of Troy were filled with fear. The very horses were frightened, and started aside, so that the chariots clashed together."

These pieces deliver powerful images that adequately paint the picture of what Achilles is doing, while adding a sense of beauty to it with how it is described.

"Then he turned and ran towards the city, swift as a racehorse when it whirls a chariot across the plains."

This type of exaggeration is something I could use as well. Plenty of people are boastful. This could be especially helpful in my story of the weather gods.

Bibliography:



  • Alfred Church, Homer's Iliad, from http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/05/myth-folklore-unit-homers-iliad-retold.html

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