Motif
recognition of a child through likeness to the absent father
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A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family, within the sub-family Disputed Maternity, Parentage, and Recognition. 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 Odyssey BOOK II / BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV; lines 1663-1760 confidence: high
Helen asks whether they know the strangers and says the young man looks like Telemachus, whom Odysseus left as a baby when the Achaeans went to Troy.
Helen and Menelaus identify Telemachus through his resemblance to Odysseus in appearance and emotional response.
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