Motif
night reconnaissance into the enemy camp
night_reconnaissance_into_the_enemy_camp
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Battle Preparation and Ritual. 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 Iliad THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES. / BOOK X. / ARGUMENT. / THE NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES.; lines 9928-10052 confidence: high
After Achilles refuses to return, Agamemnon is distressed; leaders are awakened; a council sends scouts; Diomed chooses Ulysses; they surprise Dolon, learn enemy positions, kill Rhesus and officers, seize horses, and return.
The passage states that the Greeks determine to send scouts into the enemy camp to learn the enemy posture and intentions, and Menelaus explicitly imagines a spy going through the dark into the hostile camp.
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