Motif
Divine influence over battle outcome
divine_influence_over_battle_outcome
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat 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.
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greek
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The Iliad BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT. / BOOK XIV. / JUNO DECEIVES JUPITER BY THE GIRDLE OF VENUS.; lines 14216-14272 confidence: medium
The narrator invokes the daughters of Jove, the all-beholding and all-recording nine on Olympus, asking which Greek hero first bloodied the field when Neptune made Ilion yield.
The narrator frames the battlefield question with Neptune making proud Ilion yield.
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