Motif
collector unifies separate songs into a comprehensive poem
collector_unifies_separate_songs_into_a_comprehensive_poem
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 825-909 confidence: medium
The passage says a poet named Melesigenes or Monides saw that the ballads could be useful, published the lays as a collection, and connected them by a tale of his own.
The passage says a poet collected ballads, connected them with a tale, and that a great poet could recast separate songs into one comprehensive whole.
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