Motif
death foretold by oracle and fulfilled despite avoidance
death_foretold_by_oracle_and_fulfilled_despite_avoidance
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Prophecy, Fulfillment, and Avoidance. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 452-529 confidence: high
After the contest at Chalcis, Hesiod goes to Delphi and is warned that death will overtake him in the fair grove of Nemean Zeus.
Hesiod is warned at Delphi about death in the grove of Nemean Zeus, avoids the place he thinks is meant, but dies at another place sacred to the same deity.
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