Motif
age contrast in paired women
age_contrast_in_paired_women
A motif of the Duality and Cosmic Opposition family, within the sub-family Counterpart figures, shadows, and divine personifications. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE TRAVELLERS AND THE PLANE-TREE / THE FLEA AND THE OX / THE BIRDS, THE BEASTS, AND THE BAT / THE MAN AND HIS TWO SWEETHEARTS; lines 3518-3528 confidence: high
“A Man of middle age, whose hair was turning grey, had two Sweethearts, an old woman and a young one.”
The man is positioned between an older woman and a younger woman, each concerned with the age his appearance suggests.
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