The epic simile in this excerpt shows how helpless Odysseus’s men are in the clutches of the Cyclops. The comparison of the men to "squirming puppies" emphasizes their vulnerability and powerlessness against the might of the Cyclops.
Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.
Neither reply nor pity came from him,
but in one stride he clutched at my companions
and caught two in his hands like squirming puppies
to beat their brains out, spattering the floor.
The epic simile in this excerpt shows
how helpless Odysseus’s men are in the clutches of the Cyclops.
how violently and uncivilized the Cyclops behaves himself.
that Cyclops is enormous in comparison to Odysseus and his men.
that there is no possible escape for Odysseus and his men.
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