Motif
Self-moving divine artifacts
self_moving_divine_artifacts
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Wonder Objects and Marvelous Implements. 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 SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS. / BOOK XVIII. / ARGUMENT. / THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN.; lines 17834-17979 confidence: high
Vulcan frames twenty tripods for his hall, placed on living golden wheels and able to move by themselves among the gods' abodes.
Vulcan's tripods move on golden living wheels, and his golden female attendants move, breathe, speak, sense, and know works divine.
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