Motif
war following contention
war_following_contention
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Causes of War. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek roman
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome THETIS. / LEUCOTHEA. / THE SIRENS. / ARES (MARS).; lines 3568-3630 confidence: high
Ares is represented as youthful, tall, muscular, strong, and agile, armed with sword or lance and shield; his surroundings include Terror, Fear, Enyo, Keidomos, and Eris, who precedes his chariot.
Eris precedes Ares’ chariot when he rushes to battle, and the passage states that this expresses that war follows contention.
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