Comparative mythology corpus

Poet Assuming Another Person Through Imitation

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Greek The Republic PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III.; lines 12131-12273 high Using the first lines of the Iliad, the speaker recounts that Chryses prayed to Agamemnon to release his daughter, Agamemnon became angry, and Chryses invoked divine anger against the Achaeans; Homer first speaks in his own person and then takes the person of Chryses. record