What element of a Greek myth does this passage
contain?
So, gladly she did as she was bidden, but dipping him
headfirst in the dark and bitter flood, she held on to him
by one foot. Thus her fingers, pressed about his heel, kept
the waters from reaching that one spot. By the time she
understood what she had done it was too late, for the
thing could not be done again; so ever after she was
afraid for her son, always afraid.
- Black Ships Before Troy,
Rosemary Sutcliff
O the hero's flaw
O an explanation about the world
O a god changing form
O a moral lesson learned