Your day will be like... a horde of bats in a huge cave, chirruping when one of them falls from the rock they cling to. Odyssey 24.6-9

Your day will be like... an eagle coming from his mountain home to snatch a goose from ours. Odyssey 15.174-7

Your day will be like... the steadfastness of a dam, keeping strong rivers and their currents at bay. Iliad 17.747-53

Your day will be like... the bright autumnal star, shining brighter than any in the dark of night. Iliad 22.25-32

Your day will be like... a man crossing the plain who finds himself helpless, confronted by a torrent of a river before him. Iliad 5.596-600

Your day will be like... listening in awe to a singer, taught by the gods themselves, bringing forth words mortals love to hear. Odyssey 17.518-21

Your day will be like... the delight a carpenter has when he can finally down tools, up in the forest hills, and make his supper. Iliad 11.86-91

Your day will be like... a thick fog, spread across the mountain peaks by the south wind. Shepherds hate it, but robbers love it more than night, as no one can see as far as they can throw. Iliad 3.10-14

Your day will be like... the thunderous roar of surf on land, blasted by the north wind, or of a ravaging forest fire. Iliad 14.394-401

Your day will be like... the evasiveness of wasps or steadfastness of bees, defending their home and children against men. Iliad 12.165-72

Your day will be like... stampeding cattle, set upon by a lion, who picks out its prey, breaks its neck and swallows its blood and guts. Iliad 11.172-8

Your day will be like... a horse's tail, flicking at its master behind him, whom he pulls in the chariot. Iliad 23.517-23

Your day will be like... the massive yelling of nine or ten thousand men in battle. Iliad 14.147-52

Your day will be like... screaming wild boar under attack, slicing through forest, bringing down trees as they run, till spears fell them. Iliad 12.146-52

Your day will be like... the power of Zeus' own lightning, rain, hail and blizzard, and snowfall on ploughfields. Iliad 10.5-10

Your day will be like... a beautiful young olive sapling, tended to with care, blossoming, only to be uprooted by a great tempest. Iliad 17.52-60

Your day will be like... a speeding race horse, easily drawing its chariot across the plain. Iliad 22.21-4

Your day will be like... a fateful star, suddenly shining out in the dark sky, then hiding in the clouds. Iliad 11.62-71

Your day will be like... a serpent, gobbling up a sparrow's chicks, her and all eight of them. Iliad 2.326-9

Your day will be like... the west wind hammering a field of crop till the ears of grain droop. Iliad 2.147-51

Your day will be like... a poor mother bird, bringing all the food she can find just to feed her wingless young. Iliad 9.323-7

Your day will be like... a wild boar being chased. He turns on his attackers, scattering the dogs and strong young men. Iliad 17.281-5

Your day will be like... a huge lion, creeping up on a helpless, unguarded flock, pouncing with dark intent. Iliad 10.485-8

Your day will be like... a horse, proud and happy to be free from its stall, it gallops off to pastures fresh and to a stream to bathe. Iliad 6.506-14

Your day will be like... the brilliance of light, brought by Zeus, flashing through the dense clouds of a mountain top to light the land. Iliad 16.297-302

Your day will be like... a hawk, swooping and scattering the jackdaws and starlings. Iliad 17.755-9

Your day will be like... a lion, happily coming across a great carcass, set upon devouring it, a horned stag or a wild goat, caring little for dogs or huntsmen that might set upon him. Iliad 3.23-8

Your day will be like... a huge rolling rock, wrenched from a cliff by a river, crashing on till it finally comes to rest. Iliad 13.136-43

Your day will be like... a proud leopard, creeping from its undergrowth to meet the men who taunt her, ready to take one of them down. Iliad 21.573-80

Your day will be like... a furious boar, bristling, eyes aflame, standing ground against a horde of advancing men. Iliad 13.471-7