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Terry Liu

10 March, 11:31

Which epic characteristic is used in this excerpt from the Iliad by Homer?

Then thus the king: "Shall I my prize resign

With tame content, and thou possess'd of thine?

Great as thou art, and like a god in fight,

Think not to rob me of a soldier's right.

At thy demand shall I restore the maid?

First let the just equivalent be paid;

Such as a king might ask; and let it be

A treasure worthy her, and worthy me.

A.) epic simile

B.) epithet

C.) starting in medias res

B.) invocation to the muse