Motif
oracle-commanded marriage to first-met stranger
oracle_commanded_marriage_to_first_met_stranger
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Oracles and Prophetic Agents. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE WAR OF THE TITANS / THE STORY OF OEDIPUS / THE THEBAID / THE EPIGONI; lines 7681-7705 confidence: high
Authors of the Thebais say Manto, daughter of Teiresias, was sent to Delphi by the Epigoni as a first fruit of spoil and, by Apollo's oracle, met Rhacius son of Lebes, a Mycenaean.
Apollo's oracle commands Manto to marry whomever she meets, and she marries Rhacius after meeting him.
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