Motif
augury unable to avert death
augury_unable_to_avert_death
A motif of the Death Attributed to Fate or Destiny family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 5892-5934 confidence: medium
Nisus kills the sleeping Rhamnes, identified as a king and Turnus' beloved augur, and kills nearby attendants; the passage describes beheading and blood soaking the ground and cushions.
Rhamnes is an augur, but the narrator states that not all his augury could avert his doom.
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