Motif
Oracle warning fulfilled through misinterpretation
oracle_warning_fulfilled_through_misinterpretation
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Prophecy, Fulfillment, and Avoidance. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE MARGITES / THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST; lines 8912-9016 confidence: high
At Delphi, an inspired prophetess praises Hesiod as honored by the Muses and warns him to beware the pleasant grove of Nemean Zeus, where his death is destined.
Hesiod hears a warning about Nemean Zeus, avoids the Peloponnesian Nemea, but unknowingly goes to another place called sacred to Nemean Zeus where the oracle is fulfilled.
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