Motif
aged champion returns and defeats a younger challenger
aged_champion_returns_and_defeats_a_younger_challenger
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family. 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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Aeneidos LIBER IV / PUBLI VERGILI MARONIS / AENEIDOS / LIBER V; lines 3633-3757 confidence: high
Acestes urges Entellus to fight, invoking Eryx as divine teacher and the trophies in Entellus’ house; Entellus says old age has weakened him and throws out Eryx’s heavy caestus.
Entellus initially cites old age as weakening him, but after entering combat he overpowers the younger, agile Dares.
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