Motif
divine intervention surpassing human healing art
divine_intervention_surpassing_human_healing_art
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Healing and Provision. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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roman
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The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA / BOOK TWELFTH / THE SLAYING OF TURNUS; lines 8180-8225 confidence: high
Iapix works with healing hand, herbs, and pincers, but fails to draw out the arrow-head; Apollo gives no counsel, and the battle's dust, cavalry, shafts, and cries approach the camp.
Iapix's ordinary treatment fails; after Venus' hidden mixture is applied, Iapix says the cure is not from human resource or his hand but from a higher god.
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