Ancient Wisdom Atlas

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.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • 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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