Motif
destined duel and vengeance before city walls
destined_duel_and_vengeance_before_city_walls
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. 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 ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES. / BOOK XXI. / ARGUMENT.; lines 19693-19817 confidence: high
The river appears in human form; Achilles replies that he will obey only after Troy suffers vengeance and Hector's fate is decided by Achilles' lance or fall.
Achilles states he will not stop until Troy is punished, and the gods say Hector alone will face his fatal chance and die by Achilles' lance.
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