Motif
Ominous divine battle sign
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A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Divine Aid in Battle. 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 THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701 / II. 1745 / THE SHIELD OF HERACLES; lines 4607-4704 confidence: high
Cycnus refuses to stop. The fighters leap down from their chariots; the earth resounds, and Zeus thunders and rains drops of blood as a battle signal to his son.
Zeus thunders and rains drops of blood as a signal for battle to Heracles.
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