Motif
fatal ambush at a sacred wedding setting
fatal_ambush_at_a_sacred_wedding_setting
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Treachery and Forbidden Kin Combat. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8398-8452 confidence: high
On the appointed day in Apollo's temple, Paris hid behind the altar while Deiphobus pretended to embrace Achilles; Paris wounded Achilles in the heel and killed him, possibly by poison or by striking the great tendon.
Achilles is killed on the appointed wedding day in Apollo's temple through concealment behind the altar and a deceptive embrace.
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