Motif
marvelous palace with deathless crafted guardians
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A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Miraculous Buildings, Temples, and Halls. 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 Odyssey BOOK VI / THE MEETING BETWEEN NAUSICAA AND ULYSSES. / BOOK VII / RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS.; lines 2992-3088 confidence: high
Minerva leaves Scheria over the sea for Marathon and Athens; Ulysses pauses at Alcinous' palace, whose splendour is likened to the sun or moon and whose fittings are bronze, blue enamel, gold, and silver.
Alcinous' palace is described with radiant metals, and gold and silver mastiffs made by Vulcan stand guard, immortal and ageless.
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