Motif
Divine council and cosmic ordering
divine_council_and_cosmic_ordering
A motif of the Supreme Ruler and Cosmic Sovereignty family. 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 Iliad CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION. / THEODORE ALOIS BUCKLEY. / POPES PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER; lines 1555-1630 confidence: medium
The passage compares Homer and Virgil through river images, heroic analogies involving Achilles and “neas,” and two images of Jupiter: terrifying and benevolent.
Virgil is compared to a benevolent Jupiter counselling with the gods, planning empires, and ordering creation.
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