Comparative mythology corpus

Purification After Bloodshed

2 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Greek Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE THEBAID / THE EPIGONI / THE CYPRIA / THE AETHIOPIS; lines 7926-7961 high Achilles kills Thersites after Thersites abuses and reviles him for supposed love for Penthesileia; an Achaean dispute follows over the killing. record
Greek The Odyssey BOOK XIX / BOOK XX / BOOK XXI / BOOK XXII; lines 9910-10015 high Ulysses tells Telemachus, the stockman, and the swineherd to remove the dead, make the women help, clean the tables and seats with sponges and water, and then kill the women with swords. record