Motif
gods divided into opposing war factions
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Cosmic and Supernatural Combat. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON. / BOOK XX. / ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES.; lines 18903-19042 confidence: high
The white-armed queen sees Aeneas rush to war under Phoebus' impulse and asks the gods to attend the favored hero, while noting fate and the dangers of gods appearing in arms.
The passage separates Greek-supporting gods with Neptune from adverse powers around Apollo and describes their deliberation over intervention.
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