Motif
Invocation of divine helpers for inspired speech
invocation_of_divine_helpers_for_inspired_speech
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.
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greek
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Phaedrus PHAEDRUS / INTRODUCTION. / ON THE DECLINE OF GREEK LITERATURE. / PHAEDRUS; lines 1781-1894 confidence: medium
Socrates invokes the Muses, asking them to help him in the tale that Phaedrus desires him to rehearse.
Socrates calls on the Muses to help him tell the tale, and Phaedrus later says Socrates has an unusual flow of words after Socrates asks whether he seems inspired.
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