Motif
Beauty and erotic charm contrasted with martial courage
beauty_and_erotic_charm_contrasted_with_martial_courage
A motif of the Beauty Paired with Pain and Paradox family. 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 TRIAL OF THE ARMY, AND CATALOGUE OF THE FORCES. / BOOK III. / ARGUMENT. / THE DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS.; lines 4167-4303 confidence: medium
Hector rebukes Paris as beautiful but cowardly, recalls his voyage and conveyance of the Spartan queen, says he keeps the consort of a braver foe, and calls him the cause of Troy's woe.
Hector rebukes Paris as fair in form but failing in courage, while Paris replies that speech and outward beauty are gifts of golden Venus.
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