Appendix VI. Summary of Simile Characteristics

Appendix VI Summary of Simile Characteristics Table VI-1 and VI-2 below compare the simile characteristics described in other appendices. This includes the following: Each simile is identified in the first three columns by its book number (Book ), index number in the book ( ), and line number in the book ( ). The Scene column identifies whether the simile is a Scene (Yes) or a short phrase or clause (No). The Vehicle column shows the vehicle(s) associated with the similes. Appendix I shows various broad categories of these vehicles. The Tenor column shows the tenor(s) assocated with similes as described in Appendix II. For those similes for which multiple tenors correspond to multiple vehicles, the order of the tenors in this column is picked to match the order of the matching vehicles in the Vehicle column. The / / column shows identifies similes that fall into some of the simile types described in Appendix V, including: o refers to negative similes in which the tenor is described as being not like the vehicle. o and refer to similes with two or three vehicles. The column shows the prothesis of the simile. Appendix III provides a further compilation of the protheses. The column identifies the speaker of the simile. A further compilation of the speakers of the similes by book number in each poem is provided in Tables V- 1 and V-2 of Appendix V-D. Clusters of closely-spaced similes are highlighted in light green or light blue and shown in thicker boxed cells. Clusters shaded in light green have similes that are thematically connected. Clusters in light blue have similes that are unrelated. Large gaps of greater than 200 lines between successive similes are shown by dashed purple lines. Appendix VII discusses simile clusters and the large gaps further.

1 1 47 No Night Apollo ἔοικα 1 2 104 No fire Agamemnon s eyes ἔοικα 1 3 249 No honey Nestor s voice Comp. 1 4 359 No mist Thetis ἠύτε 2 1 87 Yes bees Argives ἠύτε 2 2 144 Yes waves Achaean Assembly φὴ 2 3 147 Yes grain field stirred by wind Assembly 2 4 190 No not coward Achaean leader Odysseus 2 5 209 Yes 2 6 289 No 2 7 326 Yes thunder of wave children widows serpent devoured 9 sparrows Clamor of Army Argives Odysseus we will taketroy after 9 years Calchas 2 8 337 No little boys Argives ἔοικα Nestor 2 9 394 Yes crashing wave Argives 2 10 455 Yes glare of fire gleam of bronze ἠύτε 2 11 459 Yes birds Achaeans 2 12 468 No leaves and flowers numberless Achaeans ὅσσος 2 13 469 Yes flies Achaeans ἠύτε 2 14 474 Yes goatherds Achaean Leaders 2 15 480 Yes bull Agamemnon ἠύτε 2 16 754 No olive oil Titaressus river ἠύτε 2 17 764 No birds Eumelas horses 2 18 780 No fire marching Achaean army ὡς εἰ 2 19 781 Yes Zeus lash army feet 2 20 800 No leaves or sand Achaean army ἔοικα Iris

2 21 872 No girl Nastes ἠύτε 3 1 2 No birds shrieking Trojans 3 2 3 Yes cranes Trojans ἠύτε 3 3 10 Yes fog dense dust ἠύτε 3 4 11 No 3 5 12 No night (for a thief) a stone''s throw fog Comp. visibility in dust ὅσσος 3 6 23 Yes lion Menelaus 3 7 33 Yes man seeing snake Paris seeing Menelaus 3 8 60 Yes axe s heart Paris 3 9 151 Yes cicadas Trojan leaders ἔοικα 3 10 196 No lead ram Odysseus Priam 3 11 197 Yes ram > ewes Odysseus > his men ἐίσκω Priam 3 12 219 No an ignorant man Odysseus ἔοικα Priam 3 13 222 No snow-flakes Odysseus words ἔοικα Antenor 3 14 449 No wild animal Menelaus ἔοικα 3 15 454 No death Paris ἴσος 4 1 75 Yes star Athena οἷος 4 2 130 Yes mother > a fly Athena > arrow 4 3 141 Yes ivory Menelaus' thighs 4 4 243 Yes fawns Argives ἠύτε Agamemnon 4 5 253 No wild boar Idomeneus εἴκελος 4 6 275 Yes dark cloud Achaean phalanxes 4 7 277 No pitch dark cloud ἠύτε 4 8 422 Yes a wave Danaans 4 9 433 Yes bleating of ewes clamor of Trojans

4 10 452 Yes thunder of rivers shouting of armies 4 11 462 No falling tower Echepolus 4 12 471 No wolves 4 13 482 Yes a felled poplar 5 1 5 Yes star 5 2 87 Yes 5 3 136 Yes flooding river wounded lion Trojans and Achaeans Simoeisios flamefrom Diomedes helmet ἐναλίγκιος Diomedes ἔοικα furious Diomedes 5 4 161 Yes lion Diomedes 5 5 299 No lion Aeneas 5 6 476 No dogs Trojans Sarpedon 5 7 487 No snared in flax Sarpedon 5 8 499 Yes chaff Achaeana 5 9 522 Yes clouds Danaans ἔοικα 5 10 554 Yes slain lions 2 Achaeans οἷος 5 11 560 No fir trees Diocles' sons ἔοικα 5 12 597 Yes man in river Diomedes 5 13 770 Yes haze visibility 5 14 778 No doves 5 15 782 No lions boars horses jumping ὅσσος Athena Hera ὅμοιος Argives ἔοικα 5 16 860 Yes 10,000 men Ares bellow ὅσσος 5 17 864 Yes black mist Ares οἷος 5 18 902 Yes curdled milk Ares' blood 6 1 146 Yes leaves men's lineage οἷος Glaucus 6 2 295 No star Hecuba s robe 6 3 389 No raging woman Andromache ἔοικα Housekeeper

6 4 401 No star Astyanax ἀλίγκιος 6 5 443 No coward 6 6 506 Yes horse Paris 6 7 513 No shining sun Paris in armor 7 1 4 Yes fair wind Paris 7 2 63 Yes West wind Armies οἷος 7 3 219 No tower Ajax' shield ἠύτε 7 4 235 Yes 7 5 256 No 8 1 16 Yes not a boy or woman lions boars Hades > Tartarus; heaven > earth Ajax Zeus > other gods ἠύτε ἔοικα ὅσσος 8 2 94 No coward Odysseus Diomedes 8 3 131 No lambs Trojans ἠύτε 8 4 271 No child Teucer 8 5 306 Yes raindrenched poppy Zeus Gorgythion's head 8 6 338 Yes dog 8 7 555 Yes stars Trojan fires 9 1 4 Yes sea in a storm 9 2 14 Yes fountain 9 3 323 Yes 9 4 385 No 9 5 481 Yes 9 6 563 No (mother) bird sand dust father > son halcyon bird hearts of Achaeans weeping Agamemnon Achilles Achilles gifts of Agamemnon ὅσσος Achilles Peleus > Phoenix ὡς εἰ Phoenix Alcyone s mother ἔχων Phoenix 9 7 648 No alien Achilles ὡς εἰ Achilles 10 1 5 Yes Zeus Agamemnon

10 2 154 No 10 3 183 Yes Zeus lightning sheep dogs > wild beast flashing bronze Achaeans > Trojans 10 4 297 No lions Diomedes Odysseus 10 5 351 Yes 10 6 360 Yes range of mule plowing hunting dogs > deer Distance from Dolon ὅσσος Diomedes/ Odysseus > Dolon 10 7 437 No snow horses Comp. Dolon 10 8 437 No wind horses ὅμοιος Dolon 10 9 485 Yes flock Diomedes > Trojans 10 10 547 No sunbeams horses ἔοικα Nestor 11 1 27 Yes rainbows shield serpents ἔοικα 11 2 62 Yes star οἷος 11 3 66 No Zeus lightning s armor 11 4 67 Yes reapers Armies 11 5 72 No wolves Armies 11 6 86 Yes lunchtime Trojans broken ἦμος 11 7 113 Yes fawns Agamemnon > 2 Trojans 11 8 129 No lion Agamemnon 11 9 147 No round stone Hippolochus head 11 10 155 Yes 11 11 172 Yes thickets > fire cows Trojans > Agamemnon Agamemnon > Trojans 11 12 237 No lead spear point 11 13 239 No lion Agamemnon 11 14 269 Yes 11 15 292 Yes mother in labor hunters > dogs > lions, boars Agamemnon's pain >Trojans > Achaeans

11 16 297 Yes storm ἴσος 11 17 305 Yes Zephyrus > clouds > Achaeans ὡς ὁπότε 11 18 324 Yes wild boars Diomedes Odysseus 11 19 383 No 11 20 389 No 11 21 414 Yes 11 22 474 Yes goats woman boy dogs,youths > boar jackals > stag Diomedes > Trojans Paris Paris ὡς εἰ Diomedes Trojans > Odysseus Trojans > Odysseus ὡς εἰ 11 23 485 No tower Ajax' shield ἠύτε 11 24 492 Yes river > trees, mud Ajax > horses, men ὡς ὁπότε 11 25 546 No wild beast Ajax ἔοικα 11 26 548 Yes 11 27 558 Yes peasants boys > ass Ajax > Trojans Trojans > Ajax 11 28 596 No blazing fire fight of Achaeans δέμας 11 29 747 No whirlwind Nestor ἴσος Nestor 12 1 40 No storm ἴσος 12 2 41 Yes boar/ dogs/hunter > Greeks 12 3 132 Yes oaks Polypoetes Leonteus 12 4 146 Yes wild boars Polypoetes Leonteus ἔοικα 12 5 156 Yes snow-flakes stones thrown 12 6 167 Yes wasps, bees Achaeans Asius 12 7 219 Yes eagle Trojans Other Polydamus 12 8 278 Yes snow falling stones thrown 12 9 293 No cattle Sarpedon > Greeks 12 10 299 Yes lion Sarpedon

12 11 375 No whirlwind Lycians ἴσος 12 12 385 No a diver Epicles falling ἔοικα 12 13 421 Yes 12 14 433 Yes 12 15 451 Yes boundary fight spinner woman shepherd > ram s fleece Armies Armies > heavy stone 12 16 463 No night ἀτάλαντος 13 1 39 No flame or squall Trojans ἴσος 13 2 53 No flame εἴκελος Poseidon 13 3 62 Yes hawk Poseidon 13 4 102 Yes deer Trojans ἔοικα Poseidon 13 5 137 Yes boulder 13 6 178 Yes 13 7 198 Yes fallen ash tree lions > goat Imbrius Ajaxes > Imbrius 13 8 242 Yes lightning bronze ἐναλίγκιος 13 9 292 No children Idomeneus + Idomeneus Meriones 13 10 330 No flame Idomeneus εἴκελος 13 11 334 Yes 13 12 389 Yes storm + dust oak, poplar, pine the battle Asius falling 13 13 437 No pillar, tree Alcathous 13 14 470 No not a child Idomeneus 13 15 471 Yes boar Idomeneus 13 16 492 Yes ram > sheep Aeneas > Trojans ὡς εἰ 13 17 531 No vulture Meriones 13 18 564 No a charred stake spear 13 19 571 Yes bull tied up Adamas

13 20 588 Yes beans leap arrow glances off 13 21 654 No worm Harpalion 13 22 673 No a blazing fire Armies δέμας 13 23 688 No flame εἴκελος 13 24 703 Yes oxen Ajaxes 13 25 754 No a snowy mountain ἔοικα 13 26 795 Yes winds Trojans ἀτάλαντος 13 27 819 No than falcons horses faster Comp. Ajax 14 1 16 Yes 14 2 148 Yes the sea heaving 10K warriors Nestor pondering Poseidon s shout ὅσσος 14 3 185 No sun Hera's white veil 14 4 386 No lightning Poseidon s sword εἴκελος 14 5 394 No waves crashing shouts of armies ὅσσος 14 6 396 No roar of fire cry of armies ὅσσος 14 7 398 No 14 8 413 No shrieking wind a whirling top shouts of armies ὅσσος 14 9 414 Yes oak falling 14 10 499 No poppy 15 1 80 Yes a mind darting Ilioneus with spear in his eye φὴ Hera flies 15 2 170 Yes snow, hail Iris flying 15 3 196 No not a coward Poseidon Poseidon 15 4 237 Yes falcon Apollo ἔοικα 15 5 263 Yes 15 6 271 Yes a horse escaping a lion vs a stag or goat vs Danaans 15 7 323 Yes beasts Apollo sends panic

attacking cattle,sheep on Achaeans 15 8 358 Yes spear cast Apollo s path length ὅσσος 15 9 362 Yes 15 10 381 Yes 15 11 410 Yes 15 12 579 Yes a boy scattering sand a wave over a ship a ship s timber dog > a wounded fawn Apollo destroys wall Trojans over the wall battle is even Antilochus > Melanippus 15 13 586 Yes a beast Antilochus ἔοικα 15 14 592 No lions Trojans ἔοικα 15 15 605 Yes Ares or fire 15 16 618 Yes 15 17 624 Yes 15 18 630 Yes 15 19 679 Yes 15 20 690 Yes 16 1 3 Yes a wall or steep rock a wave falling on a ship a cattle a skilled horseman eagle > flock of birds a dark spring Danaans ἠύτε > Achaeans Ajax walking on ship decks > ship Patroclus 16 2 7 Yes a silly child Patroclus ἠύτε Achilles 16 3 59 No an alien with no rights Achilles ὡς εἰ Achilles 16 4 156 Yes wolves Myrmidon leaders 16 5 192 No Phylas son Eudorus ὡς εἰ 16 6 212 Yes fitted stones helmets + shields 16 7 259 Yes wasps Myrmidons ἔοικα 16 8 297 Yes Zeus > a Danaans > fire

Book dense cloud 16 9 352 Yes 16 10 364 Yes 16 11 384 Yes 16 12 406 Yes wolves > lambs cloud + storm rivers roaring man > fish 16 13 428 Yes vultures 16 14 482 Yes 16 15 487 Yes oak, poplar, pine bull Danaans > Trojans + Trojans mares neighing Patroclus > Thestor Patroclus + Sarpedon Sarpedon falling Sarpedon > Patroclus ἠύτε 16 16 582 Yes falcon Patroclus ἔοικα 16 17 589 Yes javelin flight Trojan retreat ὅσσος 16 18 633 Yes woodcutters noise of weapons 16 19 641 Yes flies > milk pail Armies > Sarpedon 16 20 742 No a diver Cebriones ἔοικα 16 21 752 Yes 16 22 756 Yes farm stalls lions > slain deer Patroclus > Cebriones Patroclus + > Cebrones ἔχων 16 23 765 Yes storm winds Armies 16 24 823 Yes 17 1 4 Yes 17 2 20 Yes 17 3 53 Yes 17 4 61 Yes 17 5 109 Yes boar cow > her calf leopard, lion, boar stormy wind > olive sapling herdsmen > a heifer farm > Patroclus Menelaus > Patroclus Panthous' sons ὅσσος Menelaus Menelaus > Euphorbus Trojans > Menelaus > Patroclus Menelaus > Patroclus οἷος 17 6 128 No a tower Ajax' shield ἠύτε

17 7 133 Yes 17 8 263 Yes cubs wave roaring Ajax > Patroclus Trojans shouting 17 9 281 Yes wild boar Ajax εἴκελος 17 10 366 No fire 17 11 389 Yes stretching a bull s hide Armies around Patroclus body Armies dragging Patroclus body δέμας 17 12 434 Yes pillar horses 17 13 460 No 17 14 520 Yes 17 15 542 No vulture > geese ox slayer > ox bloody lion > a bull Automedon > Trojans Automedon > Aretus Automedon > Aretus corpse 17 16 547 Yes rainbow Athena ἠύτε 17 17 570 Yes fly Menelaus' courage Other 17 18 657 Yes 17 19 674 Yes 17 20 725 Yes a fat cow eagle > hare dogs > boar Menelaus > Patroclus Menelaus > Nestor s son Trojans > Achaeans ἔοικα 17 21 737 Yes city on fire Ajaxes ἠύτε 17 22 742 Yes 17 23 747 Yes 17 24 755 Yes mules drag a beam, ship timber a ridge > water falcon > starlings + jackdaws Ajaxes drag Patroclus Ajaxes > Trojans Aeneas + > Achaeans 18 1 1 No fire Armies δέμας 18 2 56 No a sapling Achilles ἴσος Thetis 18 3 57 No a plant Achilles Thetis 18 4 109 No honey anger Comp. Achilles 18 5 110 No smoke anger ἠύτε Achilles

18 6 154 No a flame εἴκελος 18 7 161 Yes shepherds lion body Ajaxes Patroclus 18 8 207 Yes flames Achilles 18 9 219 Yes trumpet Achilles voice 18 10 318 Yes lion Achilles 18 11 418 No young women Hephaestus handmaids ἔοικα 18 12 437 No a sapling Achilles ἴσος Thetis 18 13 438 No a plant Achilles Thetis 18 14 600 Yes potter men running 18 15 616 No falcon Thetis 19 1 17 No flame Achilles' eyes ὡς εἰ 19 2 350 No falcon Athena ἔοικα 19 3 357 Yes snow-flakes helmets 19 4 366 No fire Achilles' eyes ὡς εἰ 19 5 374 No moon Achilles shield ἠύτε 19 6 375 Yes fire in mountains Achilles shield 19 7 381 No star Achilles helmet 19 8 386 No wings Achilles armor ἠύτε 20 1 51 No whirlwind Ares ἴσος 20 2 164 Yes lion Achilles 20 3 200 No not child me/aeneas Aeneas 20 4 244 No not children Aeneas to Achilles Aeneas 20 5 252 Yes not women Achilles + Anaeas Aeneas 20 6 371 No fire Achilles' hands ἔοικα 20 7 372 No blazing iron Achilles ἔοικα 20 8 403 Yes bull Hippodamas

20 9 423 No flame s spear εἴκελος 20 10 431 No not a child 20 11 490 Yes fire Achilles 20 12 495 Yes thresher Achilles 21 1 12 Yes 21 2 22 Yes 21 3 29 No fire > locusts dolphin > fish dazed fawns Achilles > Trojans Achaeans > Trojans 12 Trojans ἠύτε 21 4 237 No bull Achilles bellowing ἠύτε 21 5 251 No spear cast Achilles run ὅσσος 21 6 252 Yes black eagle Achilles ἔχων 21 7 257 Yes water faster > a man Scamander > Achilles 21 8 282 Yes swineherd Achilles Achilles 21 9 346 Yes 21 10 362 Yes Boreas > an orchard cauldron boiling Hephaestus burned dead Xamthus 21 11 464 Yes leaves mortals ἔοικα Apollo 21 12 493 Yes falcon > dove Hera > Artemis 21 13 522 Yes burning city Achilles 21 14 573 Yes hunter > leopard Achilles > Agenor ἠύτε 22 1 1 No fawns Trojans ἠύτε 22 2 22 Yes race horse Achilles 22 3 26 Yes a star Achilles 22 4 93 Yes man > serpent Achilles > 22 5 125 No woman 22 6 127 Yes youth > maiden Achilles > ὅσσος 22 7 134 No fire, sun bronze εἴκελος

22 8 139 Yes falcon > dove Achilles > ἠύτε 22 9 150 No fire hot spring ὡς εἰ 22 10 151 No hail, snow, ice 22 11 162 Yes race horses 22 12 189 Yes 22 13 199 Yes 22 14 262 Yes 22 15 308 Yes 22 16 317 Yes 22 17 410 Yes dog > fawn dream figures lions/wolves > men/lambs eagle > hare, lamb evening star city mourners cold spring ἔοικα Achilles + Achilles > Achilles > Achilles > > Achilles Achilles Achilles spear οἷος Trojans ἐναλίγκιος 22 18 460 No a maenad Andromache ἴσος 23 1 100 No smoke Patroclus ἠύτε 23 2 222 Yes 23 3 366 No 23 4 430 No 23 5 431 Yes father > son cloud or whirlwind a deaf person discus throw Achilles > Patroclus dust Antilochus ἔοικα run distance ὅσσος 23 6 455 No moon horse spot ἠύτε 23 7 517 Yes 23 8 598 Yes horse > cart ripening crop Menelaus > Antilochus ὅσσος Menelaus heart ὡς εἰ 23 9 692 Yes fish Euryalus 23 10 712 Yes 23 11 760 Yes 23 12 783 No gablerafters weaver > rod mother to Odysseus Ajax + Odysseus Ajax > Odysseus Athena Ajax

23 13 845 Yes herdsman s throw of crook Polypoestes throw of iron ὅσσος 24 1 41 Yes lion Achilles 24 2 80 Yes lead sinker Iris ἴκελος 24 3 317 Yes 24 4 328 No 24 5 480 Yes wide doorway Priam 's death weeping bystanders > murderer Zeus eagle span ὅσσος departure weeping ὡς εἰ Achilles > Priam 24 6 572 No lion Achilles 24 7 758 Yes someone killed by Apollo ἴκελος Hecuba Book 1 1 308 No Table VI-2 Odyssey: Simile Characteristics father > son Athena > Telemachus Telemachus 1 2 320 No bird Athena 2 1 47 No 2 2 234 No father of subjects a gentle father Odysseus Telemachus Odysseus Mentor 3 1 73 Yes pirates Telemachus οἷος Nestor 3 2 290 No mountains waves ἴσος 4 1 32 No child Eteoneus Menelaus 4 2 45 No 4 3 335 Yes 4 4 413 No 4 5 535 Yes sun or moon fawns shepherd > flocks ox slayer > ox Menelaus house Odysseus > suitors ὡς ὁπότε Menelaus Proteus > seals Eidothea Aegisthus > Agamemnon Proteus

Table VI-2 Odyssey: Simile Characteristics 4 6 662 No blazing fire Antinous eyes ἔοικα 4 7 791 Yes lion Penelope ὅσσος 5 1 12 No father Odysseus Athena 5 2 51 Yes seabird Hermes ἔοικα 5 3 249 Yes shipbuilder Odysseus ὅσσος 5 4 281 No shield Phaeacia 5 5 328 Yes 5 6 368 Yes thistle stalk wind > chaff heap raft in wind wind > planks 5 7 371 No horse rider Odysseus on plank 5 8 394 Yes 5 9 400 No children to recovering father as far as a voice carries Odysseus return Odysseus distance from shore ὅσσος 5 10 432 Yes octopus Odysseus 5 11 488 Yes fire brand Odysseus 6 1 20 No wind Athena 6 2 102 Yes Artemis Nausicaa οἷος 6 3 130 Yes sheep Odysseus > girls 6 4 162 Yes palm shoot Nausicaa Other Odysseus 6 5 231 No 6 6 232 Yes 6 7 294 No 7 1 36 No 7 2 84 No 7 3 106 No hyacinth blossoms artist > gold + silver as far as a voice carries a wing or thought sun or moon poplar leaves Odysseus hair ὅμοιος Athena > Odysseus park to city distance ὅσσος Nausicaa swift ships ὡς εἰ Athena gleam of palace servants at work οἷος

8 1 124 Yes 8 2 159 No 8 3 161 Yes Table VI-2 Odyssey: Simile Characteristics mule team range not a game player captain of ship Clytoneus lead in race ὅσσος Odysseus ἐίσκω Euryalus Odysseus ἐίσκω Euryalus 8 4 164 No not athlete Odysseus ἔοικα Euryalus 8 5 280 No cobwebs Hephaestus bands ἠύτε Demodocus 8 6 523 Yes woman Odysseus crying 9 1 51 Yes 9 2 190 Yes 9 3 241 Yes leaves and flowers not breadeater: a peak load of 22 wagons number of Cicones ὅσσος Odysseus Polyphemus ἔοικα Odysseus rock in door Other Odysseus 9 4 254 Yes pirates Odysseus crew οἷος Polyphemus 9 5 289 No puppies 2 of Odysseus crew Odysseus 9 6 292 No lion Polyphemus Odysseus 9 7 314 Yes quiver cap door stone ὡς εἰ Odysseus 9 8 322 Yes a mast club size ὅσσος Odysseus 9 9 384 Yes drill in ship stake in eye Odysseus 9 10 391 Yes 9 11 473 No 10 1 113 No 10 2 120 No 10 3 124 No 10 4 216 Yes 10 5 283 No axe in water as far as a voice carries peak of a mountain not men but Giants fish (to be speared) dogs > master pigs penned stake hissing Odysseus shore distance ὅσσος Odysseus Antiphates wife ὅσσος Odysseus Laestrygonians ἔοικα Odysseus Odyssseus crew Odysseus wolves, lions > Eurylochus Odysseus Odysseus crew Hermes 10 6 304 No milk herb flower εἴκελος Odysseus

Table VI-2 Odyssey: Simile Characteristics 10 7 378 No mute Odysseus ἴσος Circe 10 8 410 Yes 11 1 207 No calves > cows shadow or dream crew > Odysseus Odysseus ghost of Odysseus mother εἴκελος Odysseus 11 2 222 No dream spirit ἠύτε Odysseus 11 3 243 No mountain wave ἴσος Odysseus 11 4 368 No bard Odysseus Alcinous 11 5 411 Yes 11 6 413 Yes ox slayer > ox slaughter of pigs Aegisthus > Agamemnon Agamemnon s companions Agamemnon Agamemnon 11 7 605 No birds the dead Odysseus 11 8 606 No night Heracles ἔοικα Odysseus 12 1 86 No puppy Scylla ὅσσος Circe 12 2 237 No cauldron Charybdis Odysseus 12 3 251 Yes fish caught Odysseus crew Odysseus 12 4 413 No diver boat pilot ἔοικα Odysseus 12 5 418 No sea-crows Odysseus crew ἴκελος Odysseus 12 6 433 No a bat Odysseus on fig-tree Odysseus 12 7 439 Yes 13 1 31 Yes supper time a tired farmer spars appear from Charybdis ἦμος Odysseus Odysseus 13 2 80 No death crew sleep ἔοικα 13 3 81 Yes 4 yoked stallions ship 14 1 21 No beasts dogs ἔοικα 14 2 175 No tree shoot Telemachus ἴσος Eumaeus 14 3 254 No stream Odysseus trip ὡς εἰ Odysseus 14 4 308 No sea-crows Odysseus crew ἴκελος Odysseus 15 1 108 No star Helen s robe 15 2 153 No a father to Menelaus Nestor Menelaus

15 3 174 Yes 15 4 479 No 16 1 17 Yes 16 2 216 Yes 17 1 111 Yes 17 2 126 Yes Table VI-2 Odyssey: Simile Characteristics eagle > goose sea bird plunging father > his son sea birds or eagles father > son 2 fawns Odysseus > vengeance Phoenician woman falling Eumaeus > Telemachus Odysseus + Telemachus Comp. Helen Eumaeus Nestor > Telemachus ὡς εἰ Telemachus Odysseus > suitors ὡς ὁπότε 17 3 416 No king Antinous ἔοικα Odysseus 17 4 463 No rock Odysseus ἠύτε 17 5 500 No black fate Antinous ἔοικα Penelope 17 6 518 Yes 18 1 27 No minstrel > mortals kitchen wife Odysseus > Eumaeus Eumaeus Odysseus ἴσος Irus 18 2 29 No a pig Odysseus Irus 18 3 196 No white ivory Penelope Comp. 18 4 240 No a drunk Irus ἔοικα Telemachus 18 5 296 No sun amber chain 19 1 39 No 19 2 109 Yes 19 3 205 Yes 19 4 211 No 19 5 233 No a blazing fire a good king s fame snow melting horn or iron a dried onion Odysseus house glows ὡς εἰ Telemachus Penelope's fame Odysseus Penelope's cheeks Odysseus' eyes unmoving Odysseus tunic shined ὡς εἰ οἷος Odysseus 19 6 234 No sun Odysseus tunic Odysseus 19 7 494 No 19 8 518 Yes stone or iron nightingale s sad song Eurycleia silent Eurycleia Penelope's heart Penelope

Table VI-2 Odyssey: Simile Characteristics 19 9 574 No ship props 12 axes Penelope 20 1 14 Yes 20 2 25 Yes 20 3 194 No dog growling cook turning sausage a royal king Odysseus' indignation Odysseus thinking Odysseus a beggar ἔοικα Philoetius 20 4 362 No night suitors hall ἐίσκω Eurymachus 21 1 48 Yes 21 2 406 Yes 21 3 411 No 22 1 299 Yes 22 2 302 Yes 22 3 384 Yes 22 4 402 Yes 22 5 468 Yes bull bellowing musician strings lyre swallow s voice cattle driven by gadfly vultures > small birds fish on a beach bloody lion > ox thrushes or doves doors ἠύτε Odysseus strings bow bow string εἴκελος suitors routed by aegis Odysseus + son > suitors suitors Odysseus > suitors killed suitors women 23 1 48 No bloody lion Odysseus Eurycleia 23 2 103 No stone Penelope's heart Comp. Telemachus 23 3 158 No hyacinth Odysseus s hair ὅμοιος 23 4 159 Yes artist > silver + gold Athena > Odysseus hair 23 5 191 No a pillar olive tree ἠύτε 23 6 233 Yes 24 1 6 Yes 24 2 148 No 24 3 538 No land > sailors bats squealing sun or moon high-flying eagle Odysseus > Penelope ghosts of suitors Penelope s web ἐναλίγκιος Amphimedo n Odysseus