Motif
Healing of divinely afflicted women
healing_of_divinely_afflicted_women
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Healing and Provision. 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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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9372-9514 confidence: high
The daughters of Proetus were sought in marriage by all Greeks; after offending Dionysus, or Juno in another version, they were diseased and lost beauty or became cows; Melampus healed them.
The daughters of Proetus are finally healed by Melampus after their affliction.
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