Motif
rejected morally flawed gods
rejected_morally_flawed_gods
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Idolatry and False Gods. 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 Republic PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III.; lines 11969-12129 confidence: high
The speaker rejects excessive laughter for guardians and gods, including Homer’s scene of inextinguishable laughter among blessed gods at Hephaestus.
The passage rejects representations of gods laughing excessively, being overcome by lust, committing sexual misconduct, or receiving insolent speech.
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