Motif
hero rescues endangered elder in battle
hero_rescues_endangered_elder_in_battle
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad THE SINGLE COMBAT OF HECTOR AND AJAX. / BOOK VIII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SECOND BATTLE, AND THE DISTRESS OF THE GREEKS.; lines 8321-8434 confidence: medium
Nestor remains because Paris has mortally wounded one of his horses; Hector drives toward him, Diomed rushes to help and calls Ulysses, but Ulysses goes to the ships.
Diomed sees Nestor in danger from Hector, brings him onto his own chariot, and drives against the Trojans.
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The Iliad THE SINGLE COMBAT OF HECTOR AND AJAX. / BOOK VIII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SECOND BATTLE, AND THE DISTRESS OF THE GREEKS.; lines 8321-8434 confidence: high
Paris's dart mortally wounds Nestor's courser; Nestor cuts the reins to free the chariot, but Hector drives toward him and would have struck him down if Diomed had not seen the danger.
Diomed sees Nestor endangered by Hector after the wounded horse disables Nestor's chariot, then goes alone to rescue him and brings him into his own car.
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