Motif
death in battle
death_in_battle
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Wounded, Fallen, and Avenged. 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 BOOK XXII, The Death of Hector confidence: high
Death and black fate approach! tis I must bleed.
Hector dies in direct single combat with Achilles after choosing to stand rather than flee.
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