Motif
unaware kin after punishment of family members
unaware_kin_after_punishment_of_family_members
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Odyssey BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV / FOOTNOTES:; lines 11859-11864 confidence: medium
The note says Dolius is to be supposed not yet to know that his son Melanthius had been tortured, mutilated, and left to die by Ulysses’ orders on the preceding day.
Dolius is presented as not yet knowing that his son and daughter have suffered severe punishments or death.
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