Motif
Absent beloved as cause of vengeance
absent_beloved_as_cause_of_vengeance
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad THE CONTENTION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON. / BOOK II. / ARGUMENT. / THE TRIAL OF THE ARMY, AND CATALOGUE OF THE FORCES.; lines 3631-3768 confidence: medium
Menelaus leads the Spartans in sixty ships for Helen's cause, urges them with revenge and fury, and imagines the fair one's grief and tears.
Menelaus leads the Spartans for Helen's cause, is filled with revenge and fury, and imagines her grief and tears.
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