Motif
heroic battle fury with catalogue of slain foes
heroic_battle_fury_with_catalogue_of_slain_foes
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 Iliad THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON. / BOOK XX. / ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES.; lines 19175-19313 confidence: high
Achilles calls the Greeks to man-to-man battle, says no single god can engage such a host alone, and promises all his force and fire for the day.
Achilles rallies the Greeks, declares his available force, then kills a sequence of named warriors with individualized details.
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