Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Sleeping victim perceives attacker as in a dream

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A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Illusion, Daydream, and Mistaken Reality. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 24770-24894 confidence: high

    At night, Rhesus lies in profound sleep while Diomede stands over him with a sword; the fiction imagines Rhesus seeing the enemy confusedly in a dream as the sword is plunged into him.

    The note describes Rhesus in profound sleep, Diomede over him with a sword, and the victim seeing the enemy confusedly as if in a dream.

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