Motif
dying prophecy of the slayer's death
dying_prophecy_of_the_slayer_s_death
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Death and Doom Omens. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXII. / ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR.; lines 20645-20779 confidence: high
Hector says fates and angry gods will avenge him through Phoebus and Paris at the Scaean gate; then he dies and his spirit goes to the dark realm as a wandering ghost.
Hector, while dying, predicts that Phoebus and Paris will kill Achilles at the Scaean gate.
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