Motif
mortal wounds an immortal
mortal_wounds_an_immortal
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family War Deity and War Goddess. 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 BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE. / BOOK V. / ARGUMENT. / THE ACTS OF DIOMED.; lines 6651-6788 confidence: high
Mars hurls an enormous weapon, Pallas turns the immortal lance aside, Diomed throws a javelin, and the goddess drives it into Mars' groin.
Diomed, a mortal warrior, wounds Mars with a javelin aided by Pallas, and Mars later complains that Diomed wounded Venus and him.
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