Motif
omens guiding pursuit
omens_guiding_pursuit
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Battle and War Portents. 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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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES; lines 6343-6445 confidence: medium
Apollo hears the old man's report, sees a long-winged bird, interprets it as an omen that the thief is the child of Zeus, and hurries to Pylos seeking his oxen.
Apollo reads a bird as an omen identifying the thief and later says he will find the cattle by omens after Hermes' bodily sign and sneeze.
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