Motif
Dangerous voice-test of concealed heroes
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A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Concealed Identity, Humiliation, and Revelation. 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 Odyssey BOOK II / BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV; lines 1762-1847 confidence: high
Menelaus says Helen came with Deiphobus, circled the hiding place three times, patted it, named the chiefs, and mimicked their wives; Ulysses kept the men quiet and covered Anticlus's mouth until Minerva took Helen away.
Helen calls chiefs by name and mimics their wives, prompting the danger that hidden warriors might answer and reveal themselves.
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