Motif
afterlife continuation of earthly fixation
afterlife_continuation_of_earthly_fixation
A motif of the Afterlife Navigation and Passage family, within the sub-family Shades with Diminished Mind and Earthly Fixation. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5286-5376 confidence: medium
He says farewell to the beloved youth in vain, Echo repeats farewell, he lays his head on the grass and dies; even in the infernal abodes he looks at himself in Stygian waters.
After death and reception into the infernal abodes, the youth still looks at himself in Stygian waters.
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