Motif
lot-ordered heroic contest
lot_ordered_heroic_contest
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Champion Combat and Duel. 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 ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 21450-21585 confidence: high
The sage concludes; Meriones rises; the racers mount; Achilles throws lots from his helmet to set the order and sends Phoenix to mark and judge the race.
The racing order is assigned by lots rolled in Achilles' helmet before the chariot race begins.
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