Comparative mythology corpus

Blessed Island With Painless Divine Death In Old Age

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Greek The Odyssey ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA. / BOOK XIV / ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS. / BOOK XV; lines 6834-6930 high Eumaeus describes Syra as an island with good pasture, wine, wheat, no dearth, and no sickness; when people grow old, Apollo and Diana kill them with painless shafts; his father Ctesius ruled both communities. record