Source-groundedThe Iliad
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Strife

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Canonical name
Strife
Disambiguator
None
Kind
Character
Scope
Individual
Editorial note
Personified character; the passage does not explicitly call Strife a deity.

Aliases

2

sister and friend of murderous Mars

Descriptive reference · Direct

strong Strife

Epithet · Direct

Location presence

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Heaven1 observation
·Direct

Strife grows until her head reaches heaven while her feet remain on earth.

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“Strife whose fury never tires, sister and friend of murderous Mars, who, from being at first but low in stature, grows till she uprears her head to heaven, though her feet are still on earth”

Claims

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·Direct

Tireless Strife, sister and friend of Mars, grows until her head reaches heaven while her feet remain on earth, then spreads discord and sorrow evenly among the hosts.

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“Strife whose fury never tires, sister and friend of murderous Mars, who, from being at first but low in stature, grows till she uprears her head to heaven, though her feet are still on earth. She it was that went about among them and flung down discord to the waxing of sorrow with even hand between them”
·Direct

Strife rages insatiably amid the battle.

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“Strife, who raged insatiably in their midst.”
·Direct

Strong Strife rises as a rouser of hosts.

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“forthwith uprose strong Strife, rouser of hosts”

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Evidence records not already represented by a claim.

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·Direct
“Strife whose fury never tires, sister and friend of murderous Mars, who, from being at first but low in stature, grows till she uprears her head to heaven, though her feet are still on earth”
·Direct
“strong Strife”

Passage preview

Book 4 · Passage 33

As when some mighty wave that thunders on the beach when the west wind has lashed it into fury—it has reared its head afar and now comes crashing down on the shore; it bows its arching crest high over the jagged rocks and spews its salt foam in all directions—even so did the serried phalanxes of the Danaans march steadfastly to battle. The chiefs gave orders each to his own people, but the men said never a word; no man would think it, for huge as the host was, it seemed as though there was not a tongue among them, so silent were they in their obedience; and as they marched the armour about their bodies glistened in the sun. But the clamour of the Trojan ranks was as that of many thousand ewes that stand waiting to be milked in the yards of some rich flockmaster, and bleat incessantly in answer to the bleating of their lambs; for they had not one speech nor language, but their tongues were diverse, and they came from many different places. These were inspired of Mars, but the others by Minerva—and with them came Panic, Rout, and Strife whose fury never tires, sister and friend of murderous Mars, who, from being at first but low in stature, grows till she uprears her head to heaven, though her feet are still on earth. She it was that went about among them and flung down discord to the waxing of sorrow with even hand between them.