For example, in Book IX, Homer says, “He gobbled them up like a lion in the wilderness, flesh, bones, marrow, and entrails, without leaving anything uneaten.” Homer compares Polyphemus gorging on human flesh to a lion, leaving nothing uneaten. This gives us a picture of Polyphemus eating and stuffing his face and stomach with human flesh, while Ulysses and his men stand, watching in terror as Polyphemus devours two of their friends. Another example can be found in Book I, where Minerva flies down from Mount Olympus to Telemachus. Homer states that Minerva can “Fly like the wind over the land and sea”, which implies that she can fly over any distance, short or long, over land or sea. Later, after Minerva, disguised as Mentes, finishes persuading Telemachus to seek information about his father, Homer says, “With these words she flew away like a bird into the air.” This means that she flew smoothly like a bird from land into the air, bringing her meeting with Telemachus to an