Motif
prophetic warning ignored by doomed children
prophetic_warning_ignored_by_doomed_children
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Omen Interpretation and Response. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad THE NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES. / BOOK XI. / ARGUMENT / THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON.; lines 11171-11303 confidence: high
The sons of Merops ride together in a bright chariot; their father, skilled in prophecy, had warned them away from battle, but fate drives them on and they die; Diomed strips their arms.
Merops, skilled in prophetic arts, warns his sons away from the Trojan field, but fate drives them to battle and they die.
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