Long-enduring great Odysseus, overjoyed at the sight,
bedded down in the midst and heaped the leaves around him.
As a man will bury his glowing brand in black ashes,
off on a lonely farmstead, no neighbors near,
to keep a spark alive – no need to kindle fire
from somewhere else – so great Odysseus buried
himself in leaves and Athena showered sleep
upon his eyes.
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 5, lines 538-545. Odysseus prepares a bed by covering himself with leaves on Scheria, the island home of the Phaeacians. A Homeric simile compares this to a farmer burying an ember in ashes to keep it warm, so that he can kindle a fire later.