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In Book 9 of The Odyssey, what convention of the epic is Homer using in the following passage? "When the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, we admired the island and wandered all over it…"
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In Book 9 of The Odyssey, what convention of the epic is Homer using in the following passage? "When the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, we admired the island and wandered all over it…"

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"rosy-fingered Dawn" is a common epithet used in the Odyssey.  An epithet is a phrase that is a description, and when used, everyone understands the reference.  For example, another epithet would be "Son of Laertes" for Odysseus.
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