what is heroic?

A heroic simile also called a homeric is a simile that compares something of heroic proportions to something that canbe found in everyday life. It is primarily seen in the Iliad and The Odyssey. an example is from the Iliad this passage describes Athena preventing an arrow from striking Menelaus she brushed it away from his skin as lightly as when a mother Brushes a fly away from her child who is lying in sweet sleep