Nature comparatives Flashcards
1
Q
Hector to Achilles, bodily mutilation
A
[Hector toAchilles] ‘I will never mutilate you – merciless as you are…once I’ve stripped your glorious armour, Achilles, I will give your body back to your loyal comrades. Swear you’ll do the same.’
Achilles refuses: ‘there are no binding oaths between men and lions – wolves and lambs can enjoy no meeting of the minds….no love between us. No truce’
2
Q
Like a pride..
A
‘Like a pride of man-eating lions the Trojans swarmed”
3
Q
‘On they fought…’
A
‘On they fought like a swarm of living fire’
4
Q
Battle-rage
A
Described as ‘mist’
