Motif
blood omen from heaven before heroic death
blood_omen_from_heaven_before_heroic_death
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Death and Doom Omens. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX. / BOOK XVI. / ARGUMENT / THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS; lines 15911-16050 confidence: medium
"Assents to fate" and the heavens distill "A shower of blood" over the field.
The heavens rain blood over the field after the doom is ratified and before Sarpedon's death.
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