Comparative mythology corpus

True Form Hidden Beneath Encrustation

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

Each row links back to the complete public-domain source text and the structured extraction record.

TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Greek The Republic BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX. / BOOK X.; lines 24067-24188 high The soul's present condition is compared to the sea-god Glaucus, whose original image is hard to discern because waves have broken and damaged him and seaweed, shells, and stones have grown over him, making him seem monstrous; the soul is said to be similarly disfigured by many ills. record