Comparative mythology corpus

Failed Embrace Of A Ghost

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Greek The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 21072-21199 high Achilles asks for a last embrace; his arms cannot grasp the shade, which flies away like smoke. He wakes and says that the dead retain an immortal mind, an aerial semblance, and an empty shade. record