Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

fated craft that brings communal disaster

fated_craft_that_brings_communal_disaster

A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Crafted Revenge and Fateful Harm. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • The Iliad THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE. / BOOK V. / ARGUMENT. / THE ACTS OF DIOMED.; lines 5537-5682 confidence: medium

    Merion kills Phereclus, a skilled builder loved by Pallas; Phereclus made Paris’s fleet, called the fatal cause of his country’s woes, while not knowing heaven’s will or his own peril.

    Phereclus built the fleet of Paris, called the fatal cause of his country’s woes, while he remained unaware of heaven’s will and the danger to country and self.

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