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
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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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