Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

contest over the arms of a fallen warrior

contest_over_the_arms_of_a_fallen_warrior

A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Arms, Spoils, and Trophies. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 13066-13161 confidence: high

    A fight begins over slain Ascalaphus; Deiphobus takes at his helmet, Meriones wounds him in the arm and withdraws the spear, and Polites carries his brother away to Troy in a chariot.

    After Ascalaphus is killed, Deiphobus tries to seize his helmet, and Meriones wounds him during the attempt.

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