For example, examples of understatement can be found in the Old English epics like Beowulf as well as Ancient Greek texts by Homer. Sometimes authors use understatement for humorous reasons, though more often it is a technique for minimizing one thing thereby emphasizing another.
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HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- One of the most decorated Air Force enlisted members from the Vietnam era will highlight the next Heritage of Freedom Speaker Series April 15 at 4 p.m. in the Minuteman Club ballroom. Chief Master Sgt. Wayne Fisk, who participated in the 1970 raid on Son,