The walls and towers of Troy
Three triologisms demonstrating the strength of the protective masonry encasing Troy; the first being spoken by Agamemnon, chief among the...
Dark-named destiny
Another term for death, the fate of Asios who, horse-proud, insisted on driving his chariot into the fray where he...
Sweet-running river
Flowing like the sweet-running river it evokes, a meandering metaphor for Hector's strength and movement, likened to a thoroughbred horse...
Helen has second thoughts
Helen regrets her elopement with Paris after seeing him nearly killed by the husband she abandoned, only surviving because a...
High-hearted Trojans
A curious triologism, suggesting courage, felicity, or nobility? Given the Greeks beating at the gates, it's unlikely to be about...
Troy-bound villagers
In this triologism, Leigh Fermor effortlessly conveys the millennia-spanning history of an obscure village, implying that its inhabitants might be...
Voice communications
Consider the vital role of the herald before mechanical forms of broadcast, and how important the quality and strength of...
Wasps quick-bending
One of the many stretch metaphors used by Homer. When you see a comma followed by 'as ...' it can...
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