Hector far in the lead, bristling in all his force
like a hound that harries a wild boar or lion –
hot pursuit. snapping quick at his heels,
hindquarters and flanks but still on alert
for him to wheel and fight – so Hector harried
the long-haired Argives, killing the last stragglers,
man after lagging man and they, they fled in panic.
– Homer
The Iliad, Book 8, lines 384-390. As the killing machine of Hector attacks and despatches the Achaeans, he is compared to a hound harrying a wild board or lion in this epic animal simile.