Motif
death that prophecy cannot avert
death_that_prophecy_cannot_avert
A motif of the Death Attributed to Fate or Destiny 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 Argonautica BOOK I / BOOK II / BOOK III / BOOK IV; lines 5226-5315 confidence: high
“he escaped not a bitter doom by his prophesying; for there is no averting of death.”
Mopsus is a prophet, yet the passage states that he did not escape his doom by prophesying and that death cannot be averted.
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