Figurative Language in the Odyssey – Flashcards
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He (the cyclops) seemed like a shaggy mountain reared in solitude.
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They would put one cupful--ruby-colored, honey-smooth--in twenty more of water, but still the sweet scent hovered over the winebowl.
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When the young Dawn with fingertrips of rose lit up the world, the Cyclops built a fire.
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He reset the stone as one would cap a quiver.
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The sea was like a cauldron seething over intense fire, when the mixture suddenly heaves and rises.
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We heard the rock bellowing all around, and dark sand raged on the bottom far below.
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He drew his own sword as he spoke, a broadsword of fine bronze. Then crying hoarse and loud he hurled himself at Odysseus.
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She made him taller, and massive, too, with crisping hair in curls like petals of wild hyacinth but all red-golden.
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