Poseidon god of the earthquake launched a colossal wave,
terrible, murderous, arching over him, pounding down on him,
hard as a windstorm blasting piles of dry parched chaff,
scattering flying husks – so the long planks of his boat
were scattered far and wide.
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 5, lines 403-407. A huge wave launched by powerful god Poseidon beats down on Odysseus’ raft and shatters it, scattering the long planks. An extended simile makes a comparison to a windstorm blowing dry chaff in all directions.