Motif
patriarchal precepts remembered in crisis
patriarchal_precepts_remembered_in_crisis
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Wisdom Teaching and Moral Instruction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Iliad THE NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES. / BOOK XI. / ARGUMENT / THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON.; lines 11640-11775 confidence: medium
The speaker recalls visiting Peleus' court with Ulysses, where Peleus sacrifices to Jove, guests feast, Achilles and Patroclus are urged to arms, and their fathers give precepts.
Peleus' and Menoetius' instructions to Achilles and Patroclus are recalled as important counsel now forgotten or urgently relevant.
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