Metaphor

... t of his death here, the hero’s menos ‘mental power’ is released from his body, and this moment of release is expressed metaphorically by way of the verb luein ‘release’. Just as a ... Continue reading

... ilar to’. In non-negative or let us say positive contexts, homoio- exemplifies the making of comparisons in the form of metaphors and similes. In the case of metaphors, Aristotle hi ... Continue reading

... ns’ charter myth about Athena and the Gigantomachy, which means ‘battle of the gods and giants’. The Iliad here shows a metaphorical substitution of the Trojan War for the Gigantoma ... Continue reading

... a prototype of a perfect masterpiece of pattern-weaving. It is also a perfect masterpiece of metonymy coordinated with metaphor. Further, the peplos ‘robe’ of the goddess is a prot ... Continue reading

... rom the mouth of Achilles and is echoed by the goddess Athena, we have a rare example of synesthesia in epic diction, a metaphor of visibility applied to a sound that is elaborated ... Continue reading

... tears from your eyes, all over your complexion—with the result that all of you liquifies. Here the world of similes and metaphors extends into the world of metonymy: the emotional i ... Continue reading

... of the strings on a lyre that are being plucked by the singer as he sings but also the sound of the singer’s voice. The metaphor is complex, since the comparison with the sound of t ... Continue reading