Motif
battle as storm and torrent
battle_as_storm_and_torrent
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Cosmic and Supernatural Combat. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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The Iliad THE DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS. / BOOK IV. / ARGUMENT. / THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE.; lines 5358-5482 confidence: high
Greek battalions are compared to storm-driven sea waves and move silently under chiefs' commands; Trojan clamor is compared to bleating flocks and lambs in the hills.
The passage repeatedly compares martial mass movement and battle noise to waves, storm, and rushing torrents.
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