Motif
benefactors memorialized in epic personages
benefactors_memorialized_in_epic_personages
A motif of the Storytelling and Narrative as Sacred Power family. 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 The Iliad / CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION.; lines 382-487 confidence: medium
The passage says the biography tends to connect poem personages with the poet's history; Homer is said to show gratitude to Mentor of Ithaca in the Odyssey as Ulysses' companion and to Phemius for sustenance and instruction.
The passage says Homer inserts Mentor's name in the Odyssey and testifies gratitude to Phemius because of care, sustenance, and instruction received during blindness.
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