Motif
divinely impressed battlefield panic
divinely_impressed_battlefield_panic
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 SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 17286-17409 confidence: medium
Weapons and armor lie scattered in heaps; Jove is said to have impressed horror, and the battle continues.
The passage says that horror among the Greeks is impressed by Jove while the battle continues.
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