Scott, William C. <br/><br/>
Artistry of the Homeric Simile 

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<br/><br/>Preface ·; CHAPTER ONE; Similes, the Shield of Achilles, and Other Digressions ·; The Usefulness of Book Divisions ·; CHAPTER TWO; The Simileme: The Background of the Homeric Simile ·; The Oral Nature of Homeric Verse ·; The Simileme ·; Homer and His Audience ·; Simile and Simileme ·; CHAPTER THREE; Homer's Use of Similes to Delineate Character and Plot ·; Iliad, Book 2: Ironic Characterization ·; The Similes of Book 2 ·; The Role of Similes in Book 2 ·; Iliad, Books 21 and 22: Similes to Show a Thematic Contrast ·; Iliad, Book 11: Similes to Mark a Shifting Scene ·; Conclusion · CHAPTER FOURSimiles to Delineate a Narrative Theme ·; Iliad, Book 12: Direct Focus on a Single Theme ·; Iliad, Book 5: The Use of Parallel Similemes to Create a Unified Theme ·; Odyssey, Book 22: Similes to Interpret Typical Actions ·; Odyssey, Book 5: Thematic Similes ·; Conclusion ·; CHAPTER FIVE; Problem Books ·; Iliad, Book 13: The Ordering of Conscious Chaos ·; Iliad, Book 17: Similes as Guides through a Series of Type Scenes ·; Iliad, Book 16: Similes for Complexity ·; Conclusion ·; CHAPTER SIX; The Creative Poet and the Co-creating Audience ·; The Simile within the Narrative · The Poet's Choices in Forming the Individual Simile ·The Creative Moment: Poet and Audience ·; Charts of Similemes: The Basic Motifs ·; Notes ·; Bibliography ·; Index · 
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<br/><br/> An examination of the aesthetic qualities of the Homeric simile. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781611682298 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Homer--Literary style.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Simile.<br/>Rhetoric, Ancient.<br/>Oral tradition.<br/>Oral-formulaic analysis.<br/>Greek language--Figures of speech.<br/>Grec (Langue)--Figures de rhetorique.<br/>Analyse des formules orales.<br/>Tradition orale--Grece.<br/>Rhetorique ancienne.<br/>Comparaison (Rhetorique)<br/>Simile.<br/>Rhetoric, Ancient.<br/>Oral-formulaic analysis.<br/>Oral tradition--Greece.<br/>Homer--Literary style.<br/>Greek language--Figures of speech.<br/>Greek language--Figures of speech.<br/>Oral-formulaic analysis.<br/>Oral tradition--Greece.<br/>Rhetoric, Ancient.<br/>Simile.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Greece.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.