Motif
leader drawn into combat by the death of a beloved younger kinsman
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Feud. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Iliad THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON. / BOOK XX. / ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES.; lines 19175-19313 confidence: medium
Achilles turns on Polydore, Priam's youngest and dearest son, who entered the forbidden field to show his swiftness; Achilles strikes him, and darkness wraps him as he dies.
Polydore is described as Priam's youngest and dearest son; when Hector sees him slain, sorrow overcomes him and he advances toward Achilles.
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