Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

sacred or myth-marked landscape

sacred_or_myth_marked_landscape

A motif of the World Axis and Sacred Center family, within the sub-family Sacred Orientation, Pilgrimage, and Place Entry. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • Phaedrus PHAEDRUS / INTRODUCTION. / ON THE DECLINE OF GREEK LITERATURE. / PHAEDRUS; lines 1412-1536 confidence: medium

    Phaedrus asks whether this is the place where “Boreas is said to have carried off Orithyia from the banks of the Ilissus.”

    The riverside place is connected with a named tradition, a nearby temple of Artemis, and an altar of Boreas.

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