Comparative mythology corpus

Grief Driven Death At A Beloved’s Tomb

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Roman The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9446-9543 high According to Dictys, Philostratus, and Hyginus, Polyxena grieves Achilles, returns to the Greek camp, leaves at night, and stabs herself at Achilles’ tomb; Achilles’ ghost later tells Apollonius that she killed herself rather than survive her intended husband. record