Homer has a hilarious habit of using the most over-detailed similes. For instance:
"The Trojans advanced as a flight of wild fowl or cranes that scream overhead when rain and winter drive them over the flowing waters of Oceanus to bring death and destruction to the Pygmies, and they wrangle in the air as they fly."
I grant that this does convey a very, extremely specific mental image, but it seems a little much. It also probably comes across a little better in Greek.
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