Motif
Contest prize won through single combat
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Champion Combat and Duel. 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 Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 21729-21864 confidence: high
Achilles orders prizes for the caestus: an unbroken six-year-old mule is bound in the circus, a large round goblet stands nearby, and he declares that two heroes should fight, the victor taking the mule and the vanquished the bowl.
Achilles offers prizes for boxing; Epeus and Euryalus fight, and the outcome determines who receives the mule and who receives the bowl.
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