Motif
deceptive divine dream sent to a ruler
deceptive_divine_dream_sent_to_a_ruler
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Prophetic Dreams and Dream Messages. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad THE CONTENTION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON. / BOOK II. / ARGUMENT. / THE TRIAL OF THE ARMY, AND CATALOGUE OF THE FORCES.; lines 2972-3112 confidence: high
Sleep seals mortal eyes; Grecian leaders lie in tents; immortals slumber except Jove, who bends his care to honor Thetis' son and plunge the Greeks into war-woes.
Jove sends a deluding Dream to Agamemnon with a false command to muster the army for battle.
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The Iliad THE CONTENTION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON. / BOOK II. / ARGUMENT. / THE TRIAL OF THE ARMY, AND CATALOGUE OF THE FORCES.; lines 2972-3112 confidence: high
"Then bids an empty phantom rise to sight" and commands: "Fly hence, deluding Dream!... To Agamemnons ample tent repair."
A god sends a deluding night vision to Agamemnon, and the dream gives him a false or misleading assurance of imminent victory.
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