Motif
abandoned beloved's self-death
abandoned_beloved_s_self_death
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10312-10415 confidence: high
The fable heading states that Dido entertains and loves Aeneas, he abandons her, she stabs herself, and Jupiter transforms the Cercopes into apes, giving the islands the name Pithecusae.
Dido receives and loves Aeneas, is abandoned, and dies by falling on a sword on a ritual pile.
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