Motif
Grief for absent kin leading to decline or death
grief_for_absent_kin_leading_to_decline_or_death
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Death from Grief. 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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The Odyssey ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA. / BOOK XIV / ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS. / BOOK XV; lines 6834-6930 confidence: high
Eumaeus says Laertes is alive but distressed by his son's absence and his wife's death; Ulysses' mother died unhappily through sorrow for her son.
Laertes is aged and distressed by Ulysses' absence, and Ulysses' mother is said to have died through sorrow for her son.
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