Motif
hero killed through a vulnerable heel
hero_killed_through_a_vulnerable_heel
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family, within the sub-family Vulnerable body points, protective apertures, and altered vital anatomy. 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 wounded in the heel or great tendon and dies from the wound.
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