Motif
brief glory granted before foretold death
brief_glory_granted_before_foretold_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
greek
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The Iliad THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 16721-16857 confidence: high
Jove beholds Hector in Achilles' armor, pities him, says Hector is unmindful of his end, grants him one illustrious day, and says Andromache will not welcome him home.
Jove explicitly grants Hector one illustrious day and states that Hector will not return home to Andromache.
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