Which epic characteristic is used in this excerpt from the Iliad by Homer?


Then thus the king: “Shall I my prize resign

With tame content, and thou possess'd of thine?

Great as thou art, and like a god in fight,

Think not to rob me of a soldier's right.

At thy demand shall I restore the maid?

First let the just equivalent be paid;

Such as a king might ask; and let it be

A treasure worthy her, and worthy me.


A.)epic simile


B.)epithet


C.)starting in medias res


B.)invocation to the muse