Motif
terrifying hero drives army to ships
terrifying_hero_drives_army_to_ships
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Warrior Imagery and Radiance. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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The Iliad THE SINGLE COMBAT OF HECTOR AND AJAX. / BOOK VIII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SECOND BATTLE, AND THE DISTRESS OF THE GREEKS.; lines 8560-8692 confidence: high
Zeus grants Troy favor, arms Trojan hands, fills their breasts with fire, and the Greeks retreat behind wall and trench.
Hector is described as more than mortal, pursuing and killing the hindmost Greeks as they retreat to the ships.
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