Motif
storm-like attacking host
storm_like_attacking_host
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Cosmic and Supernatural Combat. 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 THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON. / BOOK XII. / ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL.; lines 12166-12292 confidence: high
The Lycians gather like a black tempest around the towers; Ajax attacks first and kills Epicles, Sarpedon’s friend, by throwing a heavy rocky fragment that crushes his helmet; Epicles falls like a diver and dies, his soul retiring to the shades.
The Lycian powers gathering around the towers are compared to a black tempest.
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