conceptSimileWordsA comparison using like or as. Not metaphor as identity speech, and not proverb as a standing saying.Hellenic religionSimile appears in Hellenic religion.The Iliad turns battle and feeling through extended Homeric similes (like/as comparisons). A named Hellenic simile craft in that epic, not metaphor as identity speech and not proverb.from Homer · Iliad, c. 8th–7th century BCE (this form)appears in · sourced · documentedsourcesIliad · HomerHomer, Iliad.