Motif
divinely aided heroic breach of a fortified boundary
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. 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 THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON. / BOOK XII. / ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL.; lines 12294-12397 confidence: high
Hector lifts an enormous stone, lightened by Jove, and drives it through the gate; beams, folds, bars, and hinges give way.
Hector uses a huge stone to break the gate, and the passage states that Jove upheld and lightened the rock.
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