Motif
Threatened burning of ships
threatened_burning_of_ships
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. 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 THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON. / BOOK XII. / ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL.; lines 11901-12024 confidence: medium
Hector rises after the counsel; chiefs leave chariots, troops divide into five bands, and leaders including Hector, Polydamas, Paris, Deiphobus, Helenas, Asius, Antenor's sons, neas, Sarpedon, Glaucus, and Asteropaeus are named.
The attacking force hopes to fire the Greek fleet, and later the scene includes the blaze of flames near the forts and gates.
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