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Stock Epithet.
Stock Epithet - as a noun
A descriptive word or phrase which an author regularly or standardly uses to describe an object or, more often, a person.
Example: "Stock epithets are most commonly used in literature which is based on a strong oral tradition, for example, some types of epic poetry and ballad."
Example Sentences
"The stock epithet 'rosy-fingered' is used to describe the dawn in Homer's 'Odyssey'."
"In the epic poem 'Beowulf', the warrior Beowulf is often referred to as the stock epithet 'brave Geat'."
"'The Great Gatsby' employs the stock epithet 'old sport' for the character Jay Gatsby."
"Hawkeye, the protagonist in James Fenimore Cooper's 'The Last of the Mohicans', is often identified with the stock epithet 'noble savage'."
"The Greek hero Achilles is frequently referred to with the stock epithet 'swift-footed' in Homer's 'Iliad'."
