Motif
stripping arms or spoils from the fallen enemy
stripping_arms_or_spoils_from_the_fallen_enemy
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Aftermath and Spoils. 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 ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 13163-13283 confidence: high
Antilochus spears Thoon from behind, Thoon falls with imploring arms, Antilochus strips spoils, and Neptune is said to preserve him amid battle.
Antilochus removes spoils from Thoon, and Menelaus removes Pisander's arms after killing him.
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