Motif
higher divine nonintervention contrasted with covert divine aid
higher_divine_nonintervention_contrasted_with_covert_divine_aid
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Withheld and Restrained Divine Power. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 12400-12540 confidence: medium
Jove leaves Hector and the Trojans in battle, turns his eyes toward Thracia and distant peoples, and no aid is given while his law suspends the powers of Heaven.
Jove turns away and withholds heavenly aid, while Neptune separately intervenes for the Greeks in disguise.
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