Epic simile

[lennar...@hotmail.com]

"Seizing the olive pole, they drove its sharpened end into the
Cyclops' eye, while I used my weight from above to twist it home, like
a man boring a ship's timber with a drill which his mates below him
twirl with a strap they hold at either end, so that it spins
continuously." 382-5, pg 120

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[Lennart Batilando]

"Seizing the olive pole, they drove its sharpened end into the
Cyclops' eye, while I used my weight from above to twist it home, like
a man boring a ship's timber with a drill which his mates below him
twirl with a strap they hold at either end, so that it spins
continuously." 382-5, pg 120

The simile in the text is "like a man boring a ship's timber with a
drill". This simile is made epic by adding the fact Odysseus' task of
stabbing the Cyclops’ eye is very much like drilling a hole through a
ship. The words used describe the amount of force Odysseus and his men
have to put into the pole is not that of a man, but that of a whole
crew using leather straps to try drilling a hole into a ship's hull.
The Cyclops’ eye is also being compared to a boat. The eye being a
large object surrounded by water is described as a strong boat in the
open sea, and Odysseus has to sink that boat. This shows the immensity
of the eye and how much work Odysseus needs to stab it.