Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

betrayal to regain former spouse's favour

betrayal_to_regain_former_spouse_s_favour

A motif of the Betrayal and Violated Trust family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • The Iliad BOOK XXIV. / ARGUMENT. / THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE.; lines 23271-23326 confidence: medium

    After Paris's death, Helen married Deiphobus, then betrayed him during Troy's taking to reconcile herself to Menelaus, her first husband, who received her into favour again.

    Helen betrays Deiphobus at Troy's taking in order to reconcile herself to Menelaus, who receives her again into favour.

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