Motif
judgment delegated to a warrior assembly
judgment_delegated_to_a_warrior_assembly
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Battle Preparation and Ritual. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8336-8395 confidence: high
The descendant of Tantalus avoids the burden and odium of deciding, orders the Argive leaders to sit in the camp, and transfers judgment of the dispute to them.
Agamemnon refuses sole responsibility and assigns the decision to the Argive leaders assembled in the camp.
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