Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

divine procession in ordered heavenly bands

divine_procession_in_ordered_heavenly_bands

A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • Phaedrus PHAEDRUS / INTRODUCTION. / ON THE DECLINE OF GREEK LITERATURE. / PHAEDRUS; lines 2246-2321 confidence: medium

    Zeus, holding the reins of a winged chariot, leads and orders heaven; gods and demi-gods follow in eleven bands, while Hestia remains at home in the house of heaven.

    Zeus leads gods and demi-gods in heaven, marshalled in eleven bands, while each god proceeds in appointed order.

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