Achilles went for him, fast, sure of his speed
as the wild mountain hawk, the quickest thing on wings,
launching smoothly, swooping down on a cringing dove
and the dove flits out from under, the hawk screaming
over the quarry, plunging over and over, his fury
driving him down to beak and tear his kill –
so Achilles flew at him, breakneck on in fury
with Hector fleeing along the walls of Troy,
fast as his legs would go.
– Homer
The Iliad, Book 22, lines 165-173. Filled with fury, Achilles chases the fleeing Hector around the walls of Troy. An epic simile likens the adverseries to a speedy wild mountain hawk swooping down on a trembling dove.