Motif
threatening fire at the boundary of the camp
threatening_fire_at_the_boundary_of_the_camp
A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family, within the sub-family Purifying, Protective, and Boundary Fires. 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 SECOND BATTLE, AND THE DISTRESS OF THE GREEKS. / BOOK IX. / ARGUMENT. / THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES.; lines 9012-9150 confidence: medium
"See what a blaze from hostile tents aspires, / How near our fleet approach the Trojan fires!... / To-morrow, Troy must flame, or Greece must fall."
Nestor emphasizes hostile fires near the Greek fleet and says the interval will determine whether Troy burns or Greece falls.
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