Vigilance watchfulness – Precedence priority, going first – Insidious working or spreading harmfully – Vie to compete for victory – Feign to pretend – Promontory a high ridge of rock – Pungent having sharp bitter taste – Luminous shining brightly – Perplexity the state of being puzzled – Oblivion the state of being forgotten – Flout to show contempt or scorn – Deference courteous respect – Auspicious favorable circumstances – Comely attractive, handsome, and graceful – Contentiously in a quarrelsome way – Guile- cunning Literary Elements Epic- an epic is a long narrative poem about the deeds of gods or heroes. An epic is elevated in style and usually follows patterns. The poet begins by announcing the subject and asking the Muse to help. Early on the poet asks a question, the epic seeks to answer it. Epic hero a figure of great, sometimes larger than life , stature. The hero may be a character – from history or from legend and generally possesses traits that are most valued by the society in which the epic originates.
Vigilance – watchfulness Precedence – priority, going first Insidious – working or spreading harmfully Vie – to compete for victory Feign – to pretend Promontory – a high ridge of rock Pungent – having sharp bitter taste Luminous – shining brightly Perplexity – the state of being puzzled Oblivion – the state of being forgotten Flout – to show contempt or scorn Deference – courteous respect Auspicious – favorable circumstances Comely – attractive, handsome, and graceful Contentiously – in a quarrelsome way Guile- cunning Literary Elements Epic- an epic is a long narrative poem about the deeds of gods or heroes. An epic is elevated in style and usually follows patterns. The poet begins by announcing the subject and asking the Muse to help. Early on the poet asks a question, the epic seeks to answer it. Epic hero – a figure of great, sometimes larger than life , stature. The hero may be a character from history or from legend and generally possesses traits that are most valued by the society in which the epic originates.