Literary Devices In Homer’s Odyssey

Part I of Essay
In Homer’s Odyssey many literary devices are used which make the epic more interesting to the reader. First, Homer begins the story with a frame story in which Zeus and Athena are discussing the story of Agamemnon. This story foreshadows what will happen to Odysseus if h ....

Part II of Essay
.... the story of Agamemnon, connecting it to what may happen to Odysseus in the future. Agamemnon had been away from his home for many years and his wife takes a lover, Aegisthus. She is disloyal toward Agamemnon and when he returns back home he is expecting his wife to still be loyal to him and that he will still be King. However, since he returns home blindly and openly, his wife and Aegisthus kill him. Orestes, Agamemnon’s son is told that he must seek revenge for his father and he kills Aegisthus. This foreshadows what may happen to O ....