# He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies ... lightning bolts dispersed them

Both of these clauses have similar meanings. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])

# He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies

Here lighting strikes are being spoken of as if they were arrows (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# dispersed them

"sent them in different directions"