Motif
poet as common cultural benefactor
poet_as_common_cultural_benefactor
A motif of the Culture Hero and Founder family, within the sub-family Regional Civilizers, Poets, and Female Mediators. 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 REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 23328-23452 confidence: medium
The footnote states that the thoughts of Homer and Shakespeare are a universal inheritance and that such figures are common benefactors of the race.
The passage describes Homer and Shakespeare as giving expression to deep human inspirations and as common benefactors of the human race.
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