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Adrestus’s horses

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Canonical name
Adrestus’s horses
Disambiguator
None
Kind
Animal
Scope
Collective
Editorial note
The specific team whose collision and broken chariot pole caused Adrestus to be captured.

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Location presence

Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.

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plain of Troy1 observation
·Direct

Adrestus’s horses flee wildly over the plain.

See evidence text
“his horses ran into a tamarisk bush, as they were flying wildly over the plain”

Claims

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·Direct

Adrestus’s horses flee wildly into a tamarisk, break the chariot pole, and continue toward the city.

See evidence text
“his horses ran into a tamarisk bush, as they were flying wildly over the plain, and broke the pole from the car; they went on towards the city along with the others in full flight”

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·Direct
“his horses ran into a tamarisk bush”

Passage preview

Book 6 · Passage 5

Then Menelaus of the loud war-cry took Adrestus alive, for his horses ran into a tamarisk bush, as they were flying wildly over the plain, and broke the pole from the car; they went on towards the city along with the others in full flight, but Adrestus rolled out, and fell in the dust flat on his face by the wheel of his chariot; Menelaus came up to him spear in hand, but Adrestus caught him by the knees begging for his life. ‘Take me alive,’ he cried, ‘son of Atreus, and you shall have a full ransom for me: my father is rich and has much treasure of gold, bronze, and wrought iron laid by in his house. From this store he will give you a large ransom should he hear of my being alive and at the ships of the Achaeans.’