Bursting into tears
the goddess slipped from under her clutch like a wild dove
that flies from a hawk’s attack to a hollow rocky cleft
for it’s not the quarry’s destiny to be caught –
so she fled in tears, her archery left on the spot.
– Homer
The Iliad, Book 21, lines 562-566. Hunt goddess Artemis has her bow and quiver stripped off her shoulders by Hera, who boxes her ears with her own weapons. Artemis runs away from Hera and withdraws from the battle, as a dove flying from a hawk’s attack, Homer writes in an epic simile.