Motif
divine patronage of singers and music
divine_patronage_of_singers_and_music
A motif of the Storytelling and Narrative as Sacred Power family. 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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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica XXII. TO POSEIDON / XXIII. TO THE SON OF CRONOS, MOST HIGH / XXIV. TO HESTIA / XXV. TO THE MUSES AND APOLLO; lines 7271-7287 confidence: high
The speaker begins with the Muses, Apollo, and Zeus; singers and lyre-players come through the Muses and Apollo, kings are from Zeus, and those loved by the Muses have sweet speech.
Singers and lyre-players are said to exist through the Muses and Apollo, and the Muses' love gives sweet speech.
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