"Come this way, you lords and captains of Phaeacia,
come to the meeting grounds and learn about the stranger!
A new arrival! Here at our wise king’s palace now,
he’s here from roving the ocean, driven far off course –
he looks like a deathless god."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 8, lines 12-16. Athena disguises herself as Ancinous’ herald to help further plans for Odysseus’ journey home to Ithaca. Addressing the Phaeacians, she uses a simile to compare Odysseus to a god.