Motif
heroic reproach to rouse warriors
heroic_reproach_to_rouse_warriors
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Battle Preparation and Ritual. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad THE DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS. / BOOK IV. / ARGUMENT. / THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE.; lines 5243-5356 confidence: high
The monarch marches on, finds Menestheus with the Athenian phalanx and Ulysses with his bands, and sees their forces unmoved because they are remote from the newly broken peace and war noise.
The monarch repeatedly shames inactive chiefs by invoking reputation, feasting honors, and ancestral examples to spur them toward battle.
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