Motif
heroic slaughter in a river
heroic_slaughter_in_a_river
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES. / BOOK XXI. / ARGUMENT.; lines 19417-19552 confidence: high
Warriors and horses are driven into Xanthus; Achilles enters with sword, and repeated wounds redden the river as Trojans seek rocks or caverns.
Achilles drives enemies into Xanthus and kills them within the flood, turning the river red with wounds.
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