Motif
death as departure to the shades
death_as_departure_to_the_shades
A motif of the Afterlife Navigation and Passage 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 THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON. / BOOK XII. / ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL.; lines 12166-12292 confidence: medium
Ajax attacks first and kills Epicles, Sarpedon's friend, by throwing a rocky fragment that crushes his helmet.
After Epicles is struck down, the passage says his soul retires murmuring to the shades.
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