Motif
arming before a liminal night mission
arming_before_a_liminal_night_mission
A motif of the The Hero's Journey family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
-
The Iliad THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES. / BOOK X. / ARGUMENT. / THE NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES.; lines 10174-10308 confidence: high
Diomedes and Ulysses arm themselves: Diomedes with sword, shield, and plain leather helmet; Ulysses with sword, bow, quiver, and a wool-lined boar-tooth helmet with a traced chain of possession.
Before leaving, Diomedes and Ulysses are equipped with weapons and distinctive helmets, including the boar-tooth helmet of Ulysses.
read in the book →