“I hail from Crete's broad land, I'm proud to say,
and I am a rich man's son. And many other sons
he brought up in this palace, born in wedlock,
sprung of his lawful wife. Unlike my mother.
She was a slave, a concubine he'd purchased, yes,
but he treated me on par with all his true-born sons –
Castor, Hylax's son…”
This is an example of which epic convention?
4.lengthy speech
3. digression
2.epic simile
1.divine intervention
