Motif
testing loyalty under concealment
testing_loyalty_under_concealment
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Moral Self-Mastery and Loyalty Tests. 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 Odyssey ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS. / BOOK XV / BOOK XVI / ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS.; lines 7224-7319 confidence: high
Ulysses tells Telemachus that no one must know he is in the house, not Laertes, Eumaeus, servants, or Penelope, and proposes testing the women and other servants.
Ulysses demands secrecy and proposes testing women and servants to determine who is loyal or disloyal.
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