Motif
wounded healer or preserver carried from battle
wounded_healer_or_preserver_carried_from_battle
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Healing and Provision. 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 NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES. / BOOK XI. / ARGUMENT / THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON.; lines 11427-11531 confidence: medium
The armies are compared to conflicting fires; Nestor's chariot carries Machaon from battle; Achilles watches from his ships, pities Machaon, and sends Patroclus, whose doom is foreshadowed.
Machaon, called the Greeks' preserver, is carried away from the fighting in Nestor's chariot, prompting Achilles' concern.
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