Motif
oracle-directed healing quest
oracle_directed_healing_quest
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
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH.; lines 7529-7561 confidence: medium
Telephus, son of Hercules and the Nymph Auge, was wounded by Achilles and, by oracle direction, cured with rust from the weapon that made the wound.
The oracle directs Telephus to apply to Achilles for his cure.
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