At his command,
concentrating their shots, all six hurled as one
but Athena sent the whole salvo wide of the mark –
one of them hit the jamb of the great hall’s doors,
another the massive door itself, and the heavy bronze point
of a third ashen javelin crashed against the wall.
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 22, lines 267-272. Fighting for their lives, the suitors led by Agelaus fire all their long spears at once at Odysseus and his comrades. Goddess Athena comes to the rescue and deflects their spears. Without her intervention, Odysseus and his men may very well have been killed.