·Direct
The oath-offering lambs were being brought through the city of Troy.
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“Meanwhile the heralds were bringing the holy oath-offerings through the city—two lambs and a goatskin of wine, the gift of earth;”
Animal · Collective
oath-offering lambs
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- Canonical name
- oath-offering lambs
- Disambiguator
- None
- Kind
- Animal
- Scope
- Collective
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- No editorial note published.
Aliases
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No aliases recorded.
Location presence
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Location presence
Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.
Troy2 observations
·Direct
The oath-offering lambs reached Ilius in the completed return journey.
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“On this he laid the two lambs on his chariot and took his seat. He gathered the reins in his hand, and Antenor sat beside him; the two then went back to Ilius.”
Claims
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·Direct
The two lambs are brought through the city as holy oath-offerings together with a goatskin of wine.
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“the heralds were bringing the holy oath-offerings through the city—two lambs and a goatskin of wine, the gift of earth”
·Direct
Wool is cut from the oath-offering lambs’ heads and distributed among Trojan and Achaean princes.
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“cut wool from the lambs’ heads; this the men-servants gave about among the Trojan and Achaean princes”
·Direct
The oath-offering lambs lie gasping and dying on the ground after their throats are cut and their strength is taken by the knife.
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“the victims, and laid them down gasping and dying upon the ground, for the knife had reft them of their strength”
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·Direct
“cut wool from the lambs’ heads”