Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Battle between gods and giants

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A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • The Argonautica BOOK II / BOOK III / BOOK IV / ENDNOTES:; lines 5494-5587 confidence: high

    Endnotes mention the Mossynes, explain a bridegroom-gift exemption with an Iliad comparison involving Agamemnon and Achilles, identify the fight between gods and giants, gloss the Shining One and a name of Ares, define the liquid in gods' veins, and give a variant reading about wrath with stranger-folk.

    A note explicitly identifies an allusion as the fight between the gods and the giants.

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