Motif
oracle fulfilled through animal emblems
oracle_fulfilled_through_animal_emblems
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Animal and Bird Omens. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
greek roman
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome BELLEROPHON. / THESEUS. / OEDIPUS. / THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES.; lines 8825-8917 confidence: high
Adrastus sees a lion on Polynices' shield and a boar on Tydeus's shield, recalls an oracle about marrying his daughters to a lion and a boar, marries Argia to Polynices and Deipyle to Tydeus, and promises aid.
Adrastus connects the lion and boar shown on the shields of Polynices and Tydeus with an oracle that his daughters would marry a lion and a boar.
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome BELLEROPHON. / THESEUS. / OEDIPUS. / THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES.; lines 8825-8917 confidence: high
Adrastus sees a lion on Polynices' shield and a boar on Tydeus' shield, recalls an oracle about giving his daughters to a lion and a boar, marries Argia to Polynices and Deipyle to Tydeus, and promises aid.
Adrastus interprets the lion and boar on the warriors' shields as the solution to the oracle that his daughters would marry a lion and a boar.
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