Motif
heroic deliverance from food-snatching persecutors
heroic_deliverance_from_food_snatching_persecutors
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Monster, Demon, and Giant Slaying. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10625-10637 confidence: high
In the Argonautic expedition, Calaïs and Zethes delivered Phineus, king of Bithynia, from Harpies that habitually snatched the food served at his table.
Calaïs and Zethes deliver Phineus from Harpies that habitually snatch food from his table.
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