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What is the effect of the epic similes in lines 118-131 of the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 2?

Sometimes in farmyards when the cows return well-fed from the pasture to the barn, one sees the pens give away before the calves tumult, breaking through to cluster their mothers, bumping together bawling.

from the Odyssey, Part 2 [Lines 122-126]

A. to criticize the lack of loyalty of Odysseus's Men.
B. to reveal Odysseus's hurry to go back and free his men.
C. to show how thoroughly Odysseus's men depended on him - I picked this one

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C. to show how thoroughly Odysseus's men depended on him

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The effects of this simile is to show how thoroughly Odysseus's men depended on him. So the answer is letter C. Simile is used to compare things with the use of comparative words. The men of Odysseus depended on him becausehe is an expert in this field.
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