Episode 9: Glittering Bronze Men (Homer's Iliad, Books 1-8)
Literature and History
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The Great Gathering of Armies, Book 2
Homer describes the great gathering of armies in Book 2. Zeus sent a dream with false visions of victory to Agamemnon, Homer says. In an early example of what we call an epic simile, Homer describes the Greeks hurrying to hear their king's words.
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