Motif
Defense against threatened burning of ships
defense_against_threatened_burning_of_ships
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. 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 THE NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES. / BOOK XI. / ARGUMENT / THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON.; lines 11029-11169 confidence: high
Ulysses calls Tydides to stand with him lest Hector bring flame to the ships; Tydides answers that he fears no danger, but Jove crowns the Trojan side and human force is vain against Jove.
Ulysses calls Tydides to stand with him so that Hector does not bring flame upon the Greek ships.
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