By stating that the star is the brightest star that rides the heavens, the excerpt is implying that Achilles’ spear is the brightest thing there is, or the one that mostly captures people’s attention, since the heavens also catch everyone’s attention because of their gloriousness and impressiveness.
If Homer did not emphasize enough on the description of Achilles’ spear, then the readers would not have gotten the perceptive on how important that spear is. Each and every word Homer establishes in the simile above develops the reader’s understanding on how powerful Achilles’ spear can be, by using exaggeration to the description on how blazing and pungent the spear is. The placement of the simile in the Iliad as a whole serves the purpose of
If Homer did not emphasize enough on the description of Achilles’ spear, then the readers would not have gotten the perceptive on how important that spear is. Each and every word Homer establishes in the simile above develops the reader’s understanding on how powerful Achilles’ spear can be, by using exaggeration to the description on how blazing and pungent the spear is. The placement of the simile in the Iliad as a whole serves the purpose of