Select the correct answer. 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 D. invocation to the muse