Motif
madness-caused mistaken killing
madness_caused_mistaken_killing
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek roman
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. / PELOPS. / HERACLES (HERCULES).; lines 8170-8264 confidence: high
Heracles and Iphitus search for a missing herd from a tower near Tiryns; Heracles is seized by madness, mistakes Iphitus for an enemy, hurls him down, and Iphitus dies.
Heracles' madness causes him to mistake a friend for an enemy and kill him.
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