Motif
divine withdrawal from battle
divine_withdrawal_from_battle
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad THE ACTS OF DIOMED. / BOOK VI. / ARGUMENT. / THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE.; lines 6791-6915 confidence: high
“Now heaven forsakes the fight: the immortals yield / To human force and human skill the field”; javelins fly and Troy's streams run purple to the sea.
The immortals leave or yield the field, explicitly shifting the combat to human force and skill.
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