Motif
Wounded warrior requires skilled healer
wounded_warrior_requires_skilled_healer
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.
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1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad THE DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS. / BOOK IV. / ARGUMENT. / THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE.; lines 4973-5106 confidence: high
Agamemnon asks that a skilled hand stanch the blood and extract the dart, and orders the herald to bring Machaon's speedy aid to the wounded Spartan king.
After Menelaus is wounded, Agamemnon orders that Machaon be summoned to stanch the blood and extract the dart.
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