Motif
lament of guilt and future infamy
lament_of_guilt_and_future_infamy
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Mistaken Killing and Remorse. 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 Iliad THE ACTS OF DIOMED. / BOOK VI. / ARGUMENT. / THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE.; lines 7194-7338 confidence: medium
Helen speaks to Hector as brother, calls herself guilty, wishes she had died by wind, birds, or water, criticizes Paris, and says their woes will be a theme of future song.
Helen calls herself guilty, wishes for death before the disasters, and says her and Paris's doom will become a theme of future song.
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