Motif
Deceptive hollow war-object admitted into city
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Treachery and Forbidden Kin Combat. 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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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE EPIGONI / THE CYPRIA / THE AETHIOPIS / THE LITTLE ILIAD; lines 7964-8081 confidence: high
Epeius builds the wooden horse by Athena's instruction; Odysseus disfigures himself, enters Ilium as a spy, is recognized by Helen, plots with her, kills certain Trojans, returns, and removes the Palladium with Diomedes.
The Hellenes hide their best men in the wooden horse; the Trojans bring it into Troy after breaking part of the wall and feast as if victorious.
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