iled and often rather grotesque. The similes in his writing serve to make the audience imagine exactly what is happening in the story. For example:
             "They swarmed forth like wasps from a roadside nest " (p.421, 305-308)
             Homer could simply say that the army moved forward and swarmed the opposing lines, but by the use of his simile, the audience gets a perfect example of what Homer is trying to convey to us.
             Along with similes and metaphors providing us with a better understanding of what is happening in the story, they also tell us about the world in which Homer lived in, which was Greece in the 8th Century B.C. Most of the clues as to ancient Greek life come as no surprise. It is not sur
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