Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Divine gifts enclosed in a vessel

divine_gifts_enclosed_in_a_vessel

A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9056-9226 confidence: medium

    The jar or casket contained the gifts of the gods mentioned in l.82.

    The note says a jar or casket contained gifts of the gods.

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