Similes & Sick Burns | Iliad Book 11

In this week’s episode we cover Book 11 of Homer’s Iliad. This book contains A LOT of Homeric similes. So we thought that we’d take a moment to talk about what an epic simile is and why they’re so great. This one’s about language! To cover this book we break down three of our favorite similes, plus an awesome taunt from Diomedes. Paris gets insulted again. And Nestor tells Patroclus a long story. In fact, this is the beginning of Patroclus’s tragic end…

Listen to Book 12 of the Iliad to be prepared for the next episode on YouTube. 

Watch this episode on YouTube. 

Thank you to Nat Copeland for our theme song.