Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

absent champion regretted

absent_champion_regretted

A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • The Argonautica INTRODUCTION / THE ARGONAUTICA / BOOK I / BOOK II; lines 1612-1676 confidence: high

    A speaker says that, if a god had brought Heracles there, Heracles' club would have made the king forget his pride and rules; the speaker laments leaving Heracles uncared for on the strand.

    A speaker says Heracles would have ended Amycus' challenge with his club and calls the group's abandonment of him a baneful folly.

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