Motif
Foster-parent bond formed through heroic education
foster_parent_bond_formed_through_heroic_education
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family. 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 SECOND BATTLE, AND THE DISTRESS OF THE GREEKS. / BOOK IX. / ARGUMENT. / THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES.; lines 9613-9742 confidence: high
Phoenix travels through Greece to Phthia, where Peleus receives him as a son, enriches him with gifts and possessions, and gives him rule over the Dolopians and the coast.
Phoenix says he took Achilles as a child, cared for him at hand and knee, taught him, and felt a father's joys in him.
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