Motif
divine machinery in epic action
divine_machinery_in_epic_action
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance 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
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The Iliad CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION. / THEODORE ALOIS BUCKLEY. / POPES PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER; lines 1303-1376 confidence: high
The marvellous fable includes the supernatural, especially the machines of the gods; Homer is said to have brought deities into a poetic system of machinery and to have set limits later poetry continued to follow.
The marvellous fable is said to include the supernatural, especially the machines of the gods, and Homer is credited with a poetic system of divine machinery.
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