Motif
deceptive dream sent by a god
deceptive_dream_sent_by_a_god
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Republic THE REPUBLIC. / PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I. / BOOK II.; lines 11610-11780 confidence: medium
The speaker says that although they admire Homer, they do not admire the lying dream Zeus sends to Agamemnon.
The passage names a lying dream sent by Zeus to Agamemnon as an example the speakers do not admire.
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