{"id":10807,"date":"2013-04-30T09:22:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T13:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/homer\/?p=10807"},"modified":"2013-05-02T10:31:49","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T14:31:49","slug":"fire-and-the-use-of-simile-iliad-21-8-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/homer\/2013\/04\/30\/fire-and-the-use-of-simile-iliad-21-8-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire and the Use of Simile (Iliad 21.8-16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/homer\/files\/2013\/04\/Drummond_podcast_Gk112_2013.m4a\">Drummond_podcast_Gk112_2013<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Near the climax of the <em>Iliad<\/em>, Achilles alone chases a large number of Trojans into the river Xanthos, where they take refuge, Homer says, like locusts \u00a0take refuge in a river when they are being attacked with fire. Emily Drummond notes that the people of Cyprus are known to have actually used this method to combat locusts, but she points out that the simile also needs to be seen next to other similes in the immediate context where Achilles is compared to fire. <em>Iliad<\/em> 21.8-16, discussed, translated, and read aloud by Emily Drummond.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cals.ncsu.edu\/course\/ent425\/text19\/locust1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"people beating off locusts in a field\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cals.ncsu.edu\/course\/ent425\/text19\/locust1.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u1f10\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03b1\u03bc\u1f78\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03bb\u03b5\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf \u03b2\u03b1\u03b8\u03cd\u03c1\u03c1\u03bf\u03bf\u03bd \u1f00\u03c1\u03b3\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u03b4\u03af\u03bd\u03b7\u03bd,<br \/>\n\u1f10\u03bd \u03b4\u2019 \u1f14\u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u1ff3 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac\u03b3\u1ff3, \u03b2\u03c1\u03ac\u03c7\u03b5 \u03b4\u2019 \u03b1\u1f30\u03c0\u1f70 \u1fe5\u03ad\u03b5\u03b8\u03c1\u03b1,<br \/>\n\u1f44\u03c7\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b4\u2019 \u1f00\u03bc\u03c6\u1f76 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u1f76 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u2019 \u1f34\u03b1\u03c7\u03bf\u03bd\u00b7 \u03bf\u1f33 \u03b4\u2019 \u1f00\u03bb\u03b1\u03bb\u03b7\u03c4\u1ff7<br \/>\n\u1f14\u03bd\u03bd\u03b5\u03bf\u03bd \u1f14\u03bd\u03b8\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03bd\u03b8\u03b1 \u1f11\u03bb\u03b9\u03c3\u03c3\u03cc\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u1f76 \u03b4\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2.<br \/>\n\u1f61\u03c2 \u03b4\u2019 \u1f45\u03b8\u2019 \u1f51\u03c0\u1f78 \u1fe5\u03b9\u03c0\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c5\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f00\u03ba\u03c1\u03af\u03b4\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f20\u03b5\u03c1\u03ad\u03b8\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<br \/>\n\u03c6\u03b5\u03c5\u03b3\u03ad\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03b1\u03bc\u1f78\u03bd \u03b4\u03ad\u00b7 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03c6\u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9 \u1f00\u03ba\u03ac\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03c0\u1fe6\u03c1<br \/>\n\u1f44\u03c1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u1f10\u03be\u03b1\u03af\u03c6\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2, \u03c4\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03c0\u03c4\u03ce\u03c3\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u2019 \u1f55\u03b4\u03c9\u03c1\u00b7<br \/>\n\u1f63\u03c2 \u1f51\u03c0\u2019 \u1f08\u03c7\u03b9\u03bb\u03bb\u1fc6\u03bf\u03c2 \u039e\u03ac\u03bd\u03b8\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b2\u03b1\u03b8\u03c5\u03b4\u03b9\u03bd\u03ae\u03b5\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2<br \/>\n\u03c0\u03bb\u1fc6\u03c4\u03bf \u1fe5\u03cc\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b5\u03bb\u03ac\u03b4\u03c9\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03bc\u1f76\u03be \u1f35\u03c0\u03c0\u03c9\u03bd \u03c4\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u1ff6\u03bd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drummond_podcast_Gk112_2013 Near the climax of the Iliad, Achilles alone chases a large number of Trojans into the river Xanthos, where they take refuge, Homer says, like locusts \u00a0take refuge in a river when they are being attacked with fire. 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