Motif
hero checked by fear before overwhelming force
hero_checked_by_fear_before_overwhelming_force
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Training, Education, and Warrior Discipline. 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 BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE. / BOOK V. / ARGUMENT. / THE ACTS OF DIOMED.; lines 6234-6371 confidence: medium
Hector sees the Greek success and charges with the Trojans; Mars and Bellona appear at the front, with flame, thunder, and a spear of dreadful light.
Diomed/Tydides pauses for the first time in fear when Hector approaches with divine war-forces, like a traveler stopped by impassable water.
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