Motif
vengeance for absent beloved
vengeance_for_absent_beloved
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Rejection and Revenge. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad THE CONTENTION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON. / BOOK II. / ARGUMENT. / THE TRIAL OF THE ARMY, AND CATALOGUE OF THE FORCES.; lines 3631-3768 confidence: medium
Menelaus leads sixty Spartan ships for Helen's cause, moving eagerly with revenge and fury while imagining Helen's grief and tears.
Menelaus leads ships for Helen's cause, with revenge and fury, imagining her grief and tears.
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