The Odyssey: Epic Similes

So what didn't Homer give us? If the Iliad and the Odyssey are basically the start of Western literature, that must be the start of all our neat literary devices right?
Mostly, yeah!
Let's talk about epic similes, which are like the nuclear explosion of similes where the imagery explodes outward with incredible heat and force, blowing other literary devices away as they climb higher into the stratosphere in a pillar of hot gas and fire.