Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

concern for female honor within household relations

concern_for_female_honor_within_household_relations

A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Family and Kinship Order. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • The Odyssey BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV / FOOTNOTES:; lines 10818-10944 confidence: low

    The note imagines a rejoinder to Iliad xxiii.702-705 and connects Laertes' regard for his wife's feelings with the Odyssey's concern for women's honor.

    A note interprets Laertes' regard for his wife's feelings as part of a broader concern for the honor of women in the Odyssey.

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