Motif
Untimely death of a beautiful youth
untimely_death_of_a_beautiful_youth
A motif of the Beauty Paired with Pain and Paradox family, within the sub-family Destruction, Death, and the Loss of Beauty. 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 REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 25487-25616 confidence: medium
Troilus is said to be named once in the Iliad and in the Cypriad; his youth, beauty, and untimely end made him interesting to later poets.
Troilus is identified by youth, beauty, and untimely end as a later poetic focus.
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