Motif
partial knowledge of fate concealed from a hero
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A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Prophetic Revelations and Presentiments. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Iliad THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 16859-17004 confidence: medium
Achilles stays by the ships, unaware that Patroclus has fallen; he expects his return, though Thetis had revealed that Patroclus would not take Troy and concealed the rest in pity.
Achilles knows some limits of Patroclus’ destined success from Thetis, but the rest is concealed from him in pity.
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