Motif
acquisition of a powerful object from the dead
acquisition_of_a_powerful_object_from_the_dead
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Republic THE REPUBLIC. / PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I. / BOOK II.; lines 10460-10547 confidence: medium
Gyges, a Lydian king's shepherd, encounters an earthquake opening, descends, sees a hollow brazen horse, finds a more-than-human dead body wearing a gold ring, takes the ring, and reascends.
Gyges takes the gold ring from the finger of a dead body of more-than-human stature, and the ring later grants him decisive power.
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