Sentences with STOCK-EPITHET
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"The stock epithet 'rosy-fingered' is used to describe the dawn in Homer's 'Odyssey'."
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"In the epic poem 'Beowulf', the warrior Beowulf is often referred to as the stock epithet 'brave Geat'."
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"'The Great Gatsby' employs the stock epithet 'old sport' for the character Jay Gatsby."
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"Hawkeye, the protagonist in James Fenimore Cooper's 'The Last of the Mohicans', is often identified with the stock epithet 'noble savage'."
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"The Greek hero Achilles is frequently referred to with the stock epithet 'swift-footed' in Homer's 'Iliad'."
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"In Shakespeare's play 'Romeo and Juliet', Mercutio is given the stock epithet 'hotspur touch-me-not'."
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"The stock epithet 'wine-dark' is used to describe the sea in Homer's epics."
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"The Robin Hood legends often use the stock epithet 'bold outlaw' for the hero."
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"The character Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter' is often associated with the stock epithet 'fallen woman'."
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"The stock epithet 'the man of twists and turns' is used for the trickster hero Odysseus in 'The Odyssey'."
