Motif
Heroic gate defense by a small number against a larger force
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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.
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greek
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The Iliad THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON. / BOOK XII. / ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL.; lines 11901-12024 confidence: high
Polyptes and Leonteus, Lapith-descended chiefs, guard the gates; they are likened to tall oaks and to wild boars, and they resist Asius' fighters while Greeks defend the wall and fleet with stones and darts.
Two Greek chiefs guard the gates, repel Asius' army, and are described as sufficient to resist a larger attack.
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