A brief and basic guide to the what an epithet is and how it is used, with a bit of GCSE-level explanation and some examples of epithets you might see in Homeric poetry!

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Epithets of Athene from Theoi.com and HellenicGods.org

CHAPTERS:
Skip intro: 00:09
Dactylic Hexameter 00:46
Types of Epithet 01:44
Examples of Epithets 02:23
Why gods have lots of epithets 03:36

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