Your day will be like... children seeing the final release of their father on his death bed from the pains that some hateful god has brought him. (Odyssey 5.394-9) #ClassicsTwitter

Your day will be like... a joint of meat, hastily turned back and forth over a fire in a vain attempt to make it cook faster. (Odyssey 20.25-9) #ClassicsTwitter

Your day will be like... a ship at sea, battered by the greatest of waves which washes over its deck. (Iliad 15.381-5) #ClassicsTwitter

Your day will be like... like pebbles clinging tight to the suckers of an octopus, wrenched from its den. (Odyssey 5.432-5) #ClassicsTwitter

Your day will be like... the bounce of beans and chickpeas as the shovel kicks them on the threshing floor and the fan blows them. (Iliad 13.588-92) #ClassicsTwitter

Your day will be like... a javelin, flying as far as it can, thrown in contest or in battle. (Iliad 16.589-92) #ClassicsTwitter

Your day will be like... the crashing noises of trees being felled by men in the mountain valleys. (Iliad 16.633-7) #ClassicsTwitter

Your day will be like... a lion, chased away by the weapons and dogs of men from a cattle farm, proud at heart, reluctant to go. (Iliad 17.108-13) #ClassicsTwitter

Your day will be like... the closeness of a woman and her spinning as she draws out the threads. (Iliad 23.759-64) #ClassicsTwitter

Your day will be like... a bull primed for sacrifice to Poseidon, bellowing as it's dragged to the altar. (Iliad 20.403-6) #ClassicsTwitter

Your day will be like... the ease with which someone skilled in lyre and song can string his instrument. (Odyssey 21.406-9) #ClassicsTwitter

Your day will be like... an eagle, so big that its span is as broad as the door of a lofty room in a rich man's house. (Iliad 24.315-19) #ClassicsTwitter

Your day will be like... when dogs fuss their owner, fresh from a feast, knowing they'll have leftover treats in their pockets. (Odyssey 10.216-19) #ClassicsTwitter

Your day will be like... a burning city, its smoke rising to the sky, brought down through the gods' anger. (Iliad 21.522-5) #ClassicsTwitter

Your day will be like... a wild beast, slinking away after killing a hound or an oxherd, before anyone can come after it. (Iliad 15.585-8) #ClassicsTwitter

Your day will be like... someone skilled in Hephaestus' and Athena's arts, decorating silver with gold, making beautiful things. (Odyssey 6.232-5) #ClassicsTwitter

Your day will be like... when the earth groans, struck by the wrath of Zeus and his thunderbolt, in Arima where Typhoeus lies. (Iliad 2.781-5) #ClassicsTwitter

Your day will be like... a furious hawk, trying over and over to snatch a trembling dove. (Iliad 22.139-43) #ClassicsTwitter

Your day will be like... a hawk, lifting itself to flight from some high-up rock, to chase down prey. (Iliad 13.62-4) #ClassicsTwitter

Your day will be like... two men fighting over a boundary line in a field. (Iliad 12.421-4) #ClassicsTwitter