Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

ancient boundary stone used as divine weapon

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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

  • The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES. / BOOK XXI. / ARGUMENT.; lines 19819-19969 confidence: high

    Minerva takes an ancient black boundary stone, casts it at Mars, fells him across seven acres, and taunts him as defeated by Pallas and Juno’s side.

    Minerva lifts an old land-limit stone and uses it to strike down Mars.

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