Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Divine kinship prompting martial aid

divine_kinship_prompting_martial_aid

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.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 12676-12812 confidence: medium

    The god of ocean, angry and sorrowful for his grandson, inspires the Greeks, goes to Idomeneus, and finds him after he has sent a wounded soldier to the surgeons.

    The sea god is described as sorrowful for his slain grandson and then acts to strengthen the Greeks against the Trojans.

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