English, 06.01.2020 18:31 famousshorty

15 !
read the passage describing the greek and trojan armies:

sudden as hungry wolves the kids purloin
or lambs, which haply some unheeding swain
hath left to roam at large the mountains wild;
they, seeing, snatch them from beside the dams,
and rend incontinent the feeble prey,
so swift the danaï the host assail'd
of ilium; they, into tumultuous flight
together driven, all hope, all courage lost.

identify the extended simile in this passage. how does it add meaning to the text? support your response using evidence from the text.

what i think it is:

i'm pretty sure it's about goats on land. they roam freely with nothing stopping them and then they hear a cry from a goat by the dam. they see it being eaten by a wolf. after that they all strat getting eaten and then all hope is lost. what i'm having trouble with is who are the goats (greeks or trojans) and who are the wolfs and why?

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15 !
read the passage describing the greek and trojan armies:

sudden as hungry w...