Motif
divinely favored civic victory
divinely_favored_civic_victory
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 Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 63-163 confidence: medium
The passage speculates that the unfinished narrative might have celebrated Marathon and Salamis and more probably attributed victory to ancient Athenian order and to the favor of Apollo and Athene.
The passage imagines victory being attributed to ancient Athenian order and the favor of Apollo and Athene.
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