Motif
horse-riding heroic pair
horse_riding_heroic_pair
A motif of the Sacred Twins and Sibling Pairs family, within the sub-family Joint Campaigns and Battles by Brother Pairs and Groups. 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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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica XIV. TO THE MOTHER OF THE GODS / XV. TO HERACLES THE LION-HEARTED / XVI. TO ASCLEPIUS / XVII. TO THE DIOSCURI; lines 7146-7162 confidence: high
Castor and Polydeuces are hailed as children of Tyndareus and riders upon swift horses.
Castor and Polydeuces are jointly hailed as riders upon swift horses.
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