Motif
conquest before plunder
conquest_before_plunder
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. 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 THE ACTS OF DIOMED. / BOOK VI. / ARGUMENT. / THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE.; lines 6791-6915 confidence: high
Nestor urges the heroes to keep fighting and not take booty while a foe remains, saying conquest should come before reward.
Nestor tells the warriors not to take booty while enemies remain and to win conquest before reward.
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