Motif
Aetiology of ritual instruments
aetiology_of_ritual_instruments
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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The Argonautica The Argonautica / INTRODUCTION / THE ARGONAUTICA / BOOK I; lines 1276-1356 confidence: high
Jason prays for the goddess to turn aside stormy blasts and pours libations on a blazing sacrifice; at Orpheus’ command youths dance in armour and clash swords on shields to drown the mourning cry.
The narrator states that from this event onward the Phrygians propitiate Rhea with wheel and drum after the armed dance and shield-clashing.
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