Motif
fugitive suppliant granted passage
fugitive_suppliant_granted_passage
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Sanctuary and Asylum. 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 Odyssey ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA. / BOOK XIV / ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS. / BOOK XV; lines 6733-6832 confidence: high
Theoclymenus says he is an exile after killing a man of his own race and asks: "I am your suppliant; take me, therefore, on board your ship" so that pursuers may not kill him.
Theoclymenus says he is pursued after killing a kinsman, asks Telemachus to take him aboard as a suppliant, and is accepted with a promise of hospitality.
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