Motif
benevolent divine council and cosmic-political ordering
benevolent_divine_council_and_cosmic_political_ordering
A motif of the Royal Legitimacy and Sacred Kingship family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION. / THEODORE ALOIS BUCKLEY. / POPES PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER; lines 1555-1630 confidence: medium
Homer is likened to Jupiter in terror, shaking Olympus and scattering lightning; Virgil is likened to the same power in benevolence, counselling with gods and ordering creation.
Virgil's poetic machinery is compared to divine benevolence counselling with gods, laying plans for empires, and ordering creation.
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