Motif
Personified discord rejoices in war
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Cosmic and Supernatural Combat. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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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 10808-10924 confidence: high
Discord joyfully surveys and drinks in slaughter; the other gods remain in peace in golden mansions on the Olympian hill and murmur against Jove.
Discord alone among the immortals rejoices in the slaughter and horrors of the battlefield.
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