Motif
gifted divine horses and heroic prestige
gifted_divine_horses_and_heroic_prestige
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Wonder Objects and Marvelous Implements. 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 ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 21344-21448 confidence: medium
The hero addresses the Greeks, says his immortal horses came from Ocean's god through Peleus, declines to race because Patroclus is dead, and describes the horses as grieving with their manes trailing in the sand.
The hero's horses are described as immortal and as passed from Ocean's god to Peleus and then to Peleus' son.
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