Motif
Divine compulsion used to explain human wrongdoing
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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Iliad THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN. / BOOK XIX. / ARGUMENT. / THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON.; lines 18339-18476 confidence: high
Agamemnon asks the Greeks for silence, denies sole blame, and names Jove, Fate, Erinnys, and Ate as powers driving his wrath when he took Achilles' prize; Ate is described as a harmful daughter of Jove.
Agamemnon says his seizure of Achilles' prize was driven by Jove, Fate, Erinnys, and Ate rather than by himself alone.
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