Comparative mythology corpus

Hero Fears Shameful Death Instead Of Foretold Heroic Death

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Greek The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES. / BOOK XXI. / ARGUMENT.; lines 19693-19817 high Achilles cannot outrun the river, grows tired, looks to heaven, and laments that he may drown ignobly rather than die gloriously by Phoebus' darts before Troy as Thetis foretold. record