The constellation
J216 Choice of deaths
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The same sky, in words
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- Choice between evils · J210 entry
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- Army faces enemy rather than the anger of their king who would kill them if they returned in flight · J216.1 entry
- Lamb prefers to be sacrificed in temple rather than to be eaten by a wolf · J216.2 entry
- Crab would rather be killed outright than imprisoned and starved · J216.3 entry
- Soldier asks to be stabbed in chest. Prostrate soldier asks enemy to stab him in chest instead of back in order to save his honor. Captor frees him and the two become friends · J216.4 entry
- Early death with fame preferred · J216.5 entry
- Saint chooses to die "after pride of youth" and before "misery of old age." · J216.6 entry