Motif
Divine protection turns aside a lethal weapon
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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.
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greek
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The Iliad THE DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS. / BOOK IV. / ARGUMENT. / THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE.; lines 4973-5106 confidence: high
The gods remember Atrides; Pallas assists, weakens the arrow, and diverts it so it passes through belt, corslet, and linen, grazing the skin and drawing blood.
Pallas weakens and diverts the arrow from its destined course so that Menelaus is wounded but not killed.
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