"The Similies are likewise generally longer in the <i>Iliad </i>than the <i>Odyssey</i>, and less resemblance between the thing illustrated, and the illustration; the reason is, in the <i>Iliad </i>the similitudes are introduced to illustrate some great and noble object, and therefore the Poet proceeds till he has rais'd some noble image to inflame the mind of the Reader."
The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek
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<u>The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek</u>, 5 vols. (London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, 1725-26).