Motif
prophetic ghost warning travelers
prophetic_ghost_warning_travelers
A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family, within the sub-family Ghostly Signs, Warnings, and Revelations. 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 AETHIOPIS / THE LITTLE ILIAD / THE SACK OF ILIUM / THE RETURNS; lines 8170-8221 confidence: high
When Agamemnon and his followers sail away, the ghost of Achilles appears and tries to prevent them by foretelling what will befall them.
The ghost of Achilles appears to Agamemnon's followers and foretells what will befall them.
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