Kitap 3
11.11
Similes also, as said above, are always in a manner approved metaphors;Or, reading αἱ for ἀεὶ, approved similes are . . . since they always consist of two terms, like the proportional metaphor, as when we say, for instance, that the shield is the goblet of Ares, and the bow a lyre without strings. But such an expression is not simple, but when we call the bow a lyre, or the shield a goblet, it is.In the simple metaphor goblet is substituted for shield, but sometimes additions are made to the word as differently applied, such as of Ares and without strings. These additions, besides involving greater detail (a characteristic of the simile), distinctly bring out the contrast of the two terms and make a simile, whereas the metaphor simply transfers the meaning.
11.12
And similes may be formed as follows: a flute-player resembles an ape,In posture. a short-sighted man a spluttering lamp; for in both cases there is contraction.Contraction of eyelids and flame.
