Motif
predatory war-rush as hungry wolves
predatory_war_rush_as_hungry_wolves
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 25077-25187 confidence: medium
A quoted simile describes hungry wolves ranging through fields while their whelps expect food and blood, followed by “So rushd we forth at once.”
The quoted simile compares a rushing group to hungry wolves whose whelps await food and blood.
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