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Amos T. Halftrack, General Paul Mireau (played by George Macready) in Paths of Glory, Glenn Ford (character name) in Teahouse of the August Moon, Captain Cooney (played by Eddie Albert) in Attack (1956), Lord Cardigan (played by Trevor Howard) in The Charge of the Light Brigade. Ingénue.
An epithet (from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton) 'adjective', from ἐπίθετος (epíthetos) 'additional') [1] is a byname, or a descriptive term (word or phrase), accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. Certain epithets have been used for numerous people throughout history.
Pages in category "Lists of people by epithet". The following 90 pages are in this category, out of 90 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . This page was last edited on 26 June 2024, at 11:22 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0 ; additional terms may apply.
A characteristic of Homer's style is the use of epithets, as in "rosy-fingered" Dawn or "swift-footed" Achilles. Epithets are used because of the constraints of the dactylic hexameter (i.e., it is convenient to have a stockpile of metrically fitting phrases to add to a name) and because of the oral transmission of the poems; they are mnemonic aids to the singer and the audience alike.
An epithet (from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton) 'adjective', from ἐπίθετος (epíthetos) 'additional'), [1] also a byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) commonly accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a real or fictitious person, place, or thing. It is usually literally descriptive, as in Alfred the ...
In rhetoric, antonomasia is a kind of metonymy in which an epithet or phrase takes the place of a proper name, such as "the little corporal " for Napoleon I, or conversely the use of a proper name as an archetypal name, to express a generic idea. A frequent instance of antonomasia in the Late Middle Ages and early Renaissance was the use of the ...
Epithet – a term used as a descriptive and qualifying substitute for the name of a person, place or thing. Epizeuxis – emphasizing an idea by repeating a single word. Eristic – communicating with the aim of winning the argument regardless of truth. Erotema – rhetorical question; a question is asked to which an answer is not expected. [1]
Pages in category "Epithets". The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. Epithet.