Motif
Ritualized prayer requiring purity and auspicious speech
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A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Purification and Pollution. 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 24770-24894 confidence: medium
The phrase about praying in deep silence is glossed as using well-omened words or avoiding expressions unsuitable to the solemnity that might offend the god.
The notes explain solemn prayer as involving well-omened words or avoidance of unsuitable expressions, and associate pure hands with prayer.
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