Motif
woman on tower watching battle and fearing for absent husband
woman_on_tower_watching_battle_and_fearing_for_absent_husband
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Mourning Kin. 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 ACTS OF DIOMED. / BOOK VI. / ARGUMENT. / THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE.; lines 7194-7338 confidence: high
Hector seeks his spouse at home in vain; she has gone with one maid and Astyanax, called the hope of Troy, to Ilion's tower to look on the war.
Hector's wife goes to Ilion's tower with the infant and nurse after hearing Troy is fleeing, and watches the war in fear for him.
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