the man keeps ranging the ranks of fighters like a ram –
yes, he looks to me like a thick-fleeced bellwether ram
making his way through a big mass of sheep-flocks,
shining silver-gray.
– Homer
The Iliad, Book 3, lines 237-240. King Priam notices the greek Champion Odysseus among the ranks of the Achaean troops and asks Helen who he is. Odysseus stands out as a leader to Priam, who using a simile likens him to a ram making his way through a mass of sheep flocks.