Motif
Dead warriors call for vengeance
dead_warriors_call_for_vengeance
A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family, within the sub-family Vengeance, Crime Revelation, and Posthumous Retribution. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXII. / ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR.; lines 20506-20643 confidence: medium
Achilles refuses oaths and pacts with Hector, comparing such agreements to those between lambs and wolves or men and lions; he says Pallas gives Hector to his lance and that Grecian ghosts call Hector to death.
Achilles says Grecian ghosts killed by Hector hover around and call him to death.
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