Motif
rebuke against cowardly retreat
rebuke_against_cowardly_retreat
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Boasts, Taunts, and Exhortations. 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 BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT. / BOOK XIV. / JUNO DECEIVES JUPITER BY THE GIRDLE OF VENUS.; lines 13690-13832 confidence: high
Ulysses rebukes Atrides for shameful and timid words, warning that flight would abandon the Greek troops and give victory to Troy.
Ulysses condemns the proposal of flight as shameful and destructive to the Greek army.
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