Motif
false blame for child murder
false_blame_for_child_murder
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family False Accusation and Fraud Exposed. 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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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE TELEGONY / HOMERICA / THE EXPEDITION OF AMPHIARAUS / THE TAKING OF OECHALIA; lines 8251-8291 confidence: high
A scholion reports Creophylus' account: Medea poisons Creon in Corinth, flees to Athens, leaves her young sons at Hera Acraea's altar, and Creon's relatives kill them and blame Medea.
Creon's relatives kill Medea's sons and spread the story that Medea killed her own children as well as Creon.
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