Motif
battle of gods within a human war
battle_of_gods_within_a_human_war
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Storm, Thunder, and Cosmic Combat. 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 Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES. / BOOK XXI. / ARGUMENT.; lines 19971-20111 confidence: high
Minerva overtakes and strikes Venus; Venus falls; Minerva says the defenders of Troy should meet the same fate; Juno approves.
The passage presents multiple divine confrontations and says the armed gods return from war to Olympus.
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