Antilochus rushing over him like some hound pouncing down on a deer that's just been wounded - leaping out of its lair a hunter's speared it. a lethal hit that's loosed its springy limbs. So staunch Antilochus leapt at you, Melanippus, stripping away your gear.

Antilochus rushing over him like some hound
pouncing down on a deer that’s just been wounded –
leaping out of its lair a hunter’s speared it.
a lethal hit that’s loosed its springy limbs.
So staunch Antilochus leapt at you, Melanippus,
stripping away your gear.

– Homer

The Iliad, Book 15, lines 671-676. Antilochus chases after the Trojan Melanippus, like a hound pouncing on a deer, as described in an extended Homeric simile.

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