Motif
sight of beloved or beauty causing weapon to be cast aside
sight_of_beloved_or_beauty_causing_weapon_to_be_cast_aside
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Reunion, Messengers, and Tokens. 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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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE EPIGONI / THE CYPRIA / THE AETHIOPIS / THE LITTLE ILIAD; lines 8083-8103 confidence: medium
Menelaus, after glimpsing Helen's unclad breasts, casts away his sword; Lesches' Little Iliad is said to have the same account.
Menelaus abandons his sword after seeing Helen unclad.
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