Motif
Hero restrains anger by recalling former ordeal
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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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greek
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The Odyssey BOOK XVII / BOOK XVIII / BOOK XIX / BOOK XX; lines 8864-8959 confidence: high
Ulysses’ heart growls with anger; he beats his breast and tells his heart to be still, recalling the worse trial when the Cyclops ate his companions and his cunning got him safely out of the cave.
Ulysses checks his anger by addressing his heart and remembering that he endured the Cyclops’ cave and escaped by cunning.
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