Motif
Appeal to shared fatherhood and old age
appeal_to_shared_fatherhood_and_old_age
A motif of the Covenant and Sacred Bond family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXIV. / ARGUMENT. / THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR.; lines 22714-22855 confidence: high
Priam and Hermes pass unseen through the camp and arrive at Achilles' tent, whose pine-barred door Hermes opens; Hermes reveals himself as the messenger of Jove and tells Priam to plead by Achilles' father, son, and mother.
Hermes instructs Priam to plead by Achilles' father, son, and mother; Priam asks Achilles to imagine his own aged father and to pity Priam's greater misery.
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