Motif
hero restrains the heart before revenge against many opponents
hero_restrains_the_heart_before_revenge_against_many_opponents
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Battle Fury and Aristeia. 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 The Odyssey / PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION / S. BUTLER. / PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION; lines 320-388 confidence: medium
Ulysses checks his heart into endurance, tosses like one turning a paunch before a hot fire, and thinks how he might single-handedly kill the wicked suitors.
The quoted passage shows Ulysses checking his heart into endurance while thinking how, alone, he might kill the many suitors.
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