What is a metaphor from The Odyssey?

A simile is a figure of speech comparing something to something else and usually follows the Words "as" or "like" eg He was as strong as a lion. The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold.

Some examples in The Odyssey are:

Like a lioness caught in the toils with huntsmen hemming her in on every side

Read page 463 in the unabridged version, book 23 between lines 259 to 278. It describes Penelopes feeling Odysseus' journey.