Motif
Armed emergence from a founder’s head
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A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth 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 Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 4687-4772 confidence: medium
The first decline is veiled in mystery, attributed to ignorance of the law of population and a geometrical number; the ideal is said to spring fully armed from the head of the legislator.
The ideal is described as springing in full armour from the head of the legislator.
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