Motif
inspired speech in a holy place
inspired_speech_in_a_holy_place
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Inspired Speech and Eloquence. 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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Phaedrus PHAEDRUS / INTRODUCTION. / ON THE DECLINE OF GREEK LITERATURE. / PHAEDRUS; lines 1896-1985 confidence: medium
Socrates asks Phaedrus to listen in silence, calls the place holy, says he may appear in divine fury and be getting into dithyrambics; Phaedrus agrees.
Socrates marks the setting as holy and says he appears to be in a divine fury and entering dithyrambics before continuing the speech.
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