Motif
divine nourishment sustains a hero before battle
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A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family, within the sub-family Divine Food, Nectar, Milk, and Immortality. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Iliad THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN. / BOOK XIX. / ARGUMENT. / THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON.; lines 18608-18748 confidence: high
The heroes share Achilles' grief; Zeus surveys them and tells the blue-eyed maid to hasten and infuse ambrosia into Achilles before thirst and want oppress him.
Zeus sends the goddess to infuse ambrosia and nectar into Achilles before thirst and want weaken him.
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