Motif
foretold alternatives of death and chosen heroic death
foretold_alternatives_of_death_and_chosen_heroic_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
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The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 13285-13395 confidence: high
Euchenor, son of the seer Polydus, had been told he would die by arms abroad or disease at home; he sailed to war and was killed by Paris's arrow beneath the ear.
Euchenor is told by his seer father that he will die by arms abroad or disease at home, and he chooses the war path.
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