Epic poetry

[gauroth.livejournal.com]

'Eponymous' means 'having the same name as' rather like the Scottish phrase 'of that ilk' - so Anderson of that ilk means Anderson of (clan) Anderson. The rest under a cut in case of spoilers.

Thus is the Eponymiad in the first chapter of CoK a sly nod to the Iliad? Bet it is!

Happy New Year, Sounisians!

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[emerald-happy.livejournal.com]

You might want to put this under a cut and warn for spoilers because I know some people who don't want to know anything about ACoK at ALL.

hah, yes, i thought it sounded like the Iliad too. *hugs Sophos* It reminds me of The Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff when Aquila is a slave and reads from the rescued scroll.

[gauroth.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I've done the cut-thing. Thanks for the reminder about Aquila and the scroll - it's too long since I read 'The Lantern Bearers'. Have you read Rosemary Sutcliff's autobiography, 'Blue Remembered Hills'? It is so, so moving. Highly recommended.

[emerald-happy.livejournal.com]

I have not read it! I want to though! Yes, this is a PLAN

[(Anonymous)]

gosh, I was wondering as I read C of K what the Sutcliffe ref would be--must re read the Lantern Bearers!

Charlotte