Epic+Simile9


 * __//" Then He dismembered them and made his meal, gaping and crunching like a mountain lion- everything: innards, flesh and marrow bones. " (pg. 153)//__**

This epic simile compares Polyphemos to a mountain lion. Here, the author is describing the scene where Polyphemos eats two Odysseus’s men. The description say he banged their brains out and torn them apart by the limbs. He was also quite quick at doing this. As a mountain lion is also quick at taking down his prey and likes to enjoy his meal. A mountain lion also eats everything of his prey, so did Polyphemos. The manner in which Polyphemos ate his meal is also compared to that of a mountain lion.