A radiance strong as the moon or rising sun came flooding
through the high-roofed halls of generous King Alcinous.
Walls plated in bronze, crowned with a circling frieze
glazed as blue as lapis, ran to left and right
from outer gates to the deepest court recess,
and solid golden doors enclosed the palace.
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 7, lines 98-103. Homer describes the opulence and riches at the splendid palace of King Alcinous. A simile compares the radiance flooding through the halls to that of the moon or rising sun.