Motif
mass battlefield death for glory
mass_battlefield_death_for_glory
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Wounded, Fallen, and Avenged. 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 DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS. / BOOK IV. / ARGUMENT. / THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE.; lines 5484-5534 confidence: high
Two heroes fall, one the pride of Thrace and one leader of the Epeian race; death's shade covers their eyes, and the fields are red and heaped with dead.
The hosts fight with a thirst for glory, and crowds die amid fields red with slaughter.
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