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
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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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