Motif
trial by retrieval from the enemy
trial_by_retrieval_from_the_enemy
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Rescue Quests and Passage Through Hostile Obstacles. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH.; lines 8540-8622 confidence: high
Ajax proposes action instead of words: throw the arms of Achilles among the enemy, order them to be fetched, and adorn whoever brings them back with them.
Ajax proposes that the arms be thrown among the enemy and awarded to the warrior who retrieves them.
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