Motif
isolated hero surrounded by many and rescued by comrades
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. 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 NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES. / BOOK XI. / ARGUMENT / THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON.; lines 11305-11425 confidence: high
Ulysses extracts the dart, blood pours out, Trojans press him, and he calls loudly for aid three times.
Ulysses is pressed by groups of Trojans, calls three times for aid, and is saved when Menelaus and Ajax arrive.
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