Motif
Divine singer with lyre
divine_singer_with_lyre
A motif of the Enchanting Music and Sound 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 THE EXPEDITION OF AMPHIARAUS / THE TAKING OF OECHALIA / THE PHOCAIS / THE MARGITES; lines 8294-8325 confidence: high
An old man and divine singer comes to Colophon as a servant of the Muses and far-shooting Apollo, holding a sweet-toned lyre.
The passage presents an old man as a divine singer serving the Muses and Apollo and holding a sweet-toned lyre.
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