Motif
violence against a suppliant at an altar
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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Guilt. 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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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE CYPRIA / THE AETHIOPIS / THE LITTLE ILIAD / THE SACK OF ILIUM; lines 8106-8167 confidence: high
Neoptolemus kills Priam at Zeus Herceius' altar; Menelaus takes Helen after killing Deiphobus; Aias son of Ileus drags Cassandra and Athena's image, then takes refuge at Athena's altar when threatened.
Priam is killed after fleeing to Zeus Herceius' altar, and Aias later avoids stoning by taking refuge at Athena's altar.
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