Motif
Animal sign and oracle designate a settlement and temple site
animal_sign_and_oracle_designate_a_settlement_and_temple_site
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination 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 Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 23583-23696 confidence: high
The note explains Smintheus from a Phrygian word for mouse and reports Strabo's story: an oracle directs settlement, field-mice gnaw straps and armor thongs, the people settle there, and raise a temple to Sminthean Apollo.
The Smintheus note recounts an oracle, field-mice gnawing gear, settlement at the spot, and the raising of a temple to Sminthean Apollo.
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