ikhthuoeis ‘fish-swarming’ as an epithet of pontos ‘crossing [of the sea]’

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Iliad 9.004

analysis of the epithet ikhthuoeis of pontos as indicative of its dangersAs an epithet describing the noun pontos ‘crossing [of the sea]’, the adjective ikhthuoeis ‘fish-swarming’ ... Continue reading

Iliad 9.360

analysis of the epithet ikhthuoeis of pontos (here, of the Hellespont) as indicative of its dangersAt I.07.063–064, we saw that a young hero named Phríxos escaped the dangers of th ... Continue reading

Odyssey 14.135

This scenario, where a man falls overboard into the sea and dies, so that his body is devoured by fish, is a “favorite fear” that motivates the epithet ikhthuoeis ‘fish-swarming’ a ... Continue reading

Odyssey 24.291

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