Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

divine command over battle waters

divine_command_over_battle_waters

A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Divine Aid in Battle. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • The Iliad BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT. / BOOK XIV. / JUNO DECEIVES JUPITER BY THE GIRDLE OF VENUS.; lines 14089-14214 confidence: medium

    The sea's ruler and Hector appear; at the god's call the sea rises in huge ranks as a watery wall around the ships, while the armies join and earth and ocean resound.

    The sea god calls the sea into a wall around the ships during the battle.

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