Motif
Sealed message carrying the bearer’s death warrant
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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Mirrored Retribution. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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The Iliad THE ACTS OF DIOMED. / BOOK VI. / ARGUMENT. / THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE.; lines 6917-7060 confidence: high
Under Praetus, Bellerophon is targeted after Antaea's rejected desire; Praetus is restrained by hospitality laws and sends him to Lycia with sealed tablets carrying his deadly intent.
Praetus sends Bellerophon to Lycia with sealed tablets that reveal a deathful secret to the receiving king.
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