"O Father Zeus and gods in bliss forever, punish Odysseus' men! So overweening, now they have killed my peaceful kine, my joy at morning when I climbed the sky of starts."
Helios
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"Stranger, you are no longer what you were just now! Your cloak is new; even your skin!"
Telemachus
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"God! What evil wind blew in this pest?"
Antinous
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"Think what difficulty the gods gave: they denied us life together in our prime and flowering years."
Penelope
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'"Son of Laertes and seed of Zeus, resourceful Odysseus, you shall no longer stay in my house when none of you wish to; but first there is another journey you must accomplish and reach the house of Hades and of revered Persephone,...
Circe
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a long narrative poem about the deeds of gods or heroes.
epic (lit)
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an original model on which something was patterned
archetype (lit)
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larger-than-life figure who embodies the ideals of a nation or race
epic hero (lit)
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A character who is used as a contrast to another character
foil (lit)
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a struggle between opposing forces; in literature, common types are man v. self, man v. society, man v. man, or man v. nature
conflict (lit)
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struggle between a character and an outside force such as nature or another character
external conflict (lit)
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A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character
internal conflict (lit)
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into the middle of a sequence of events as in a literary narrative
in medias res (lit)
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A descriptive name or phrase used to characterize someone or something
epithet (lit)
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a detailed comparison in the form of a simile that is many lines in length
