Motif
Heroic strength beyond the present age
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A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Warrior Imagery and Radiance. 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 THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE. / BOOK V. / ARGUMENT. / THE ACTS OF DIOMED.; lines 5957-6098 confidence: medium
Diomedes lifts a stone too heavy for two men of the present age, hurls it at Aeneas, and cripples him at the hip and thigh so that he sinks in a daze.
The stone thrown by Diomedes is said to be too heavy for two strong men of the degenerate present day to lift.
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