In The Iliad, Homer compares the Greek and Trojan armies to trees hitting eachother with their long limbs in the wind in order to portray the idea of the armies being molded by powerful things, like Gods, and fighting each other based on the changes. In The Iliad, Homer tells us that “The Trojans and Greeks collidied in battle, and neither side thought of yielding ground. Around Cebriones many spears were stuck, Many arrows flew singing from the string, And stones thudded onto the Shields of men fighting around him. But there he lay In the whirling dust, one of the great, Forgetful of his horsemanship.” In this quote, Homer tells us that the two armies are hitting each other with various weapons, and how we are not able to give up, almost
