Motif
Champion chase and single combat at city gate
champion_chase_and_single_combat_at_city_gate
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek roman
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY.; lines 9593-9685 confidence: high
Achilles leads the Greeks, pursues Hector three times around Troy's walls, forces him into the open, kills him at the Scaean gate, and hears Hector foretell Achilles' coming death there.
Achilles pursues Hector around the walls until Hector stands and dies in single combat at the Scaean gate.
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