Ajax shot ahead
with quick Odysseus coming right behind him, close
as the weaver’s rod to a well-sashed woman’s breast
when she deftly pulls it toward her, shooting the spool
across the warp, still closer, pressing her breast –
so close Odysseus sprinted, hot on Ajax’ heels,
feet hitting his tracks before the dust could settle.
– Homer
The Iliad, Book 23, lines 843-849. Here Homer uses an epic simile referring to the act of weaving fabric, to describe Odysseus closing in on Little Ajax in the footrace during the funeral games to celebrate the memory of Petroclus.