Motif
Former humans as divine messengers of song
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A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Inspired Speech and Eloquence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Phaedrus Phaedrus / PHAEDRUS / INTRODUCTION.; lines 290-374 confidence: medium
Under the hot sun, Socrates proposes rational conversation; chirruping grasshoppers may carry the words to the Muses, because grasshoppers were once humans who died from love of song and report to the Muses in heaven.
Grasshoppers are said to have been human beings before the Muses and now carry reports to the Muses in heaven.
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