Motif
Ambiguous oracle misunderstood across generations
ambiguous_oracle_misunderstood_across_generations
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Omen Interpretation and Response. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES. / THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE.; lines 9109-9206 confidence: high
Hyllus consults Delphi and is told to wait for the third fruit; taking this as the third summer, he invades, meets Atreus' opposition, proposes single combat, and is killed by Echemon, after which the Heraclidae withdraw for fifty years.
The 'third fruit' and 'defile' responses are initially misunderstood and later explained as the third generation and the straits.
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