Read the following passage about Odysseus from Part 2 of the Odyssey:

Now, being a man, I could not help consenting.
So I went down to the sea beach and the ship,
where I found all my other men on board, 120
weeping, in despair along the benches.
Sometimes in farmyards when the cows return
well-fed from pasture to the barn, one sees
the pens give way before the calves in tumult,
breaking through to cluster about their mothers, 125
bumping together, bawling. Just that way
my crew poured round me when they saw me come—
their faces wet with tears as if they saw
their homeland, and the crags of Ithaca,
even the very town where they were born.

Use the passage to answer the question.
What does the epic simile in lines 118–131 illustrate?
A. the bond between captain and crew
B. the loss of hope
C. the disloyalty between captain and crew
D. the love that Odysseus has for his men