Motif
Kinship restraint in internal warfare
kinship_restraint_in_internal_warfare
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Treachery and Forbidden Kin Combat. 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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The Republic BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV. / BOOK V.; lines 16453-16611 confidence: high
The speakers propose that no Hellene should own another Hellene as a slave, so Hellenes will remain united against barbarians.
Because Hellenes are treated as kin and friends, the passage prohibits enslavement, corpse-spoiling, temple dedication of kinsmen’s arms, land devastation, and house-burning in Hellenic conflict.
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