Motif
nocturnal raid on sleeping enemies
nocturnal_raid_on_sleeping_enemies
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Treachery and Forbidden Kin Combat. 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 10446-10587 confidence: high
The heroes cross the still night through bloody fields to the Thracian camp, where warriors sleep in three lines with horses, arms, Rhesus, and the white steeds near the chariot.
Ulysses and Diomedes cross the night field into the Thracian camp while the warriors sleep, and Diomedes kills sleeping Thracians and Rhesus.
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