Epic Similes In The Odyssey

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An epic hero is one who is more courageous and powerful than ordinary morals; By overcoming great events and obstacles, he emerges as a hero admired for his achievements.
The most famous epic poem, The Odyssey, was composed by Homer in Greece around 700-800 B.C; which Odysseus travels back to his homeland from the Trojan War. Through the use of epic similes, imagery, and dialogue, Homer effectively characterizes Odysseus as an epic hero. Homer uses epic similes to characterize Odysseus as an epic hero for showing no mercy or remorse. Odysseus claims to the pheacians after defeating Cyclops that “Its crackling roots blazed and hissed- as a blacksmith plunges a glowing ax or adze in an ice cold bath and the metal screeches steam and its

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