Motif
Clashing rocks as a lethal sea passage
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A motif of the Threshold Guardian 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 Argonautica INTRODUCTION / THE ARGONAUTICA / BOOK I / BOOK II; lines 1756-1841 confidence: high
Phineus says the heroes will see the twin Cyanean rocks where two seas meet; the rocks are not fixed, clash together, and throw up boiling salt water.
The twin Cyanean rocks continually clash where two seas meet, with boiling salt water, and threaten the ship unless the omen is favorable and the heroes row strongly.
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