The similes in Homer are treasure troves. They describe scenes of Greek life that are not presented in their simplest form anywhere else: landscapes and seascapes, storms and calm weather, fighting ...
Jill Kitson: Welcome to Lingua Franca on ABC Radio National. I'm Jill Kitson. This week: Homer's similes. Nabokov's biographer Brian Boyd on the great poet's use of the simile to hold his audience ...
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