Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Heroic rearming and radiant advance

heroic_rearming_and_radiant_advance

A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Divine Aid in Battle. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 12676-12812 confidence: high

    Idomeneus returns to his tent, takes two glittering javelins, arms himself, and advances in bright armor compared to lightning from Jove.

    Idomeneus returns to his tent, takes two javelins, puts on shining armor, and advances with a lightning simile.

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