As smoke goes towering into the broad vaulting sky from a burning town and the gods' wrath drives it on, dealing struggle to all, to many searing grief - so Achilles dealt the Trojans struggle, grief.

As smoke goes towering into the broad vaulting sky
from a burning town and the gods’ wrath drives it on,
dealing struggle to all, to many searing grief –
so Achilles dealt the Trojans struggle, grief.

– Homer

The Iliad, Book 21, lines 601-604. Achilles continues doing what he does best, killing Trojans, as described in this epic simile comparing him to smoke rising to the heavens when a town burns in a fire driven by the wrathful gods.

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