Motif
Heroic race destroyed by great wars
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A motif of the World Ages and Cosmic Decline family. 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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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica INTRODUCTION / BIBLIOGRAPHY / HESIOD / HESIODS WORKS AND DAYS; lines 1623-1702 confidence: high
Zeus makes a fourth, nobler race of hero-men or demi-gods; grim war destroys some at seven-gated Thebes for the flocks of Oedipus and some at Troy for Helen's sake.
The fourth race of hero-men or demi-gods is partly destroyed by grim war and dread battle at Thebes and Troy.
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