Motif
miraculous helper in dangerous passage
miraculous_helper_in_dangerous_passage
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Rescue and Protection. 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 Republic BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV. / BOOK V.; lines 15381-15526 confidence: medium
“when a man is out of his depth, whether he has fallen into a little swimming bath or into mid ocean, he has to swim all the same”
The speakers compare their argumentative difficulty to swimming out of depth and hope for Arion’s dolphin or other miraculous help to save them.
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