Motif
agonistic debate as combat
agonistic_debate_as_combat
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Wisdom Teaching and Moral Instruction. 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 INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS. / THE REPUBLIC. / PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I.; lines 9113-9276 confidence: medium
Socrates and Polemarchus say they will oppose attributing the rejected saying to Simonides, Bias, Pittacus, or another wise man or seer; Socrates instead suggests Periander, Perdiccas, Xerxes, Ismenias the Theban, or another rich and mighty man as possible source.
The exchange is framed through conflict language, including taking up arms, doing battle, an aggressive challenger, and panic before the challenger.
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