Motif
Children punished for father's offense
children_punished_for_father_s_offense
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Iliad THE NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES. / BOOK XI. / ARGUMENT / THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON.; lines 10808-10924 confidence: high
Agamemnon replies that if they spring from Antimachus they must die, because Antimachus once urged the killing of Ulysses and Agamemnon's brother despite offered peace.
Agamemnon says the sons of Antimachus must die because of Antimachus' earlier counsel against Ulysses and Agamemnon's brother.
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