Motif
Heroic shield description
heroic_shield_description
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Heroic Arms, Armor, and Banners. 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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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 626-712 confidence: high
A large Eoiae fragment appears at the beginning of the Shield of Heracles; the supplement is nominally Heracles and Cycnus, but mostly describes Heracles' shield in imitation of Achilles' shield in the Iliad.
The passage says the Shield supplement is largely taken up with a description of the shield of Heracles.
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