Poikilometis
Nicolson refers to this word, used to describe Odysseus, and translates it as ‘dapple-skilled, with so much woven into him...
The bounteous sea
In an age of over-fishing I like these two triologisms suggesting cornucopian fish stocks. Firstly, a reference to the brightness of...
Grey-eyed Athena
Much is made of Athena’s beautiful eyes; elsewhere they have a ‘prussic glare’ and are ‘wide-apart’.  Remember, Athena is the...
Nestor berates the Greeks
Old Nestor has a few choice words to say to his fellow Greeks for their unwillingness to take on the...
Wasps quick-bending
One of the many stretch metaphors used by Homer. When you see a comma followed by 'as ...' it can...
Troy the spoiler
Agamemnon appealing to God with a sour grape Greek’s spitting contempt for the Trojans, like a school yard bully’s name-calling...
Tassel-ankled feet
As the Greeks gather for war, the goddess Athena rallies them.
‘The Daughter Prince, ash-eyed Athena, flew
Her father’s...
Crab-angled legs
Imperfect Hephaestus, ‘Vulcan’ to the Romans, blacksmith of the gods and semi-gods – Achilles’ incomparable armour is Hephaestus forged.
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Body-gulping Charybdis
If ever there was an argument for steering a middle course, it is the horrific pair of sailor slayers, Scylla...
High-browed pounders
Crashing, sonorous waves drowning that wonderfully rustling sound of ‘skittish shingle’, pebbles and shells dashing up and down the beach...
Sisal-ball head
Thersites is a stirrer and a loudmouth, insinuating here, undermining there. Toxic team-wrecker, until Odysseus speech-swats him like a bothersome...
Cobalt polar lapis blue
A dazzlingly variegated Greek sky. It was under such a sky, which for me also includes hyacinth blue and lilac,...
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