Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Wounded warrior protected and borne from battle

wounded_warrior_protected_and_borne_from_battle

A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Wounded, Fallen, and Avenged. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 24896-25075 confidence: medium

    A Miltonic passage describes angels interposing defense and carrying a wounded figure on shields back to his chariot.

    A wounded figure is defended by angels and carried on shields back to a chariot.

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