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Epithets In HomerEpithets in Homer. A characteristic of Homer's style is the use of recurring epithets, such as the rosy-fingered dawn or swift-footed Achilles. These epithets were metric stop-gaps as well as mnemonic devices for the aoidos (bard), both signs of the deep oral tradition that preceded the written codification of the Iliad and the Odyssey. A name plus an epithet constitute a formula which exactly fits the metric structure of the verse. The use of formulas is characteristic of ancient epic poetry. List of epithets in Homer - Achilles
- son of Peleus
- swift-footed (podas kus)
- god-like (dios)
- Aias
- son of Telamon
- bulwark of the Achaeans (herkos Achain)
- Agamemnon
- son of Atreus
- leader of men (anax andrn)
- Aphrodite
- laughter-loving (philommeids)
- golden (chrus)
- Apollo
- far-shooting, who strikes from afar (hekbolos or hekatbolos)
- Ares
- man-slaying (androphonos)
- brazen (chalkeos)
- Athena
- bright-eyed, owl-eyed (glaukpis)
- Eos (Dawn)
- rosy-fingered (rhododaktulos)
- early-rising (rigeneia)
- golden-throned (chrusothronos)
- fair-throned (euthronos)
- Hector
- son of Priam
- helmet-flashing (koruthaiolos)
- glorious (phaidimos)
- Helen
- Argive (from Argos)
- lovely-haired (eukomos)
- born from Zeus (Dios ekgegauia)
- Hephaistos
- with the two strong arms (amphigueis)
- Hera
- ox-eyed (bopis)
- white-armed (leuklen)
- Menelaus
- son of Atreus
- fair-haired, blond (xanthos)
- good at the war-cry (bon agathos)
- Odysseus
- resourceful (polumtis)
- much-enduring (polutlas)
- Paris (Alexandros)
- son of Priam
- lord of the fair-haired Helen (Helens posis eukomoio)
- Patroklos
- son of Menoitios
- with the great heart (megathumos)
- Poseidon
- Sea (pontos)
- Thetis
- silver-footed (arguropeza)
- lovely-haired (eukomos)
- Zeus
**cloud-gatherer (nephelgereta)
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