Motif
Dying warrior foretells conqueror's death
dying_warrior_foretells_conqueror_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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greek roman
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY.; lines 9593-9685 confidence: high
Achilles leads the Greeks, pursues Hector three times around Troy's walls, forces him into the open, kills him at the Scaean gate, and hears Hector foretell Achilles' coming death there.
Hector predicts that Achilles will soon perish on the same spot where Hector is killed.
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