Motif
Ages of decline from primeval innocence
ages_of_decline_from_primeval_innocence
A motif of the World Ages and Cosmic Decline family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1042-1088 confidence: high
The explanation says the Golden Age had perpetual spring, seasons began only in the Silver Age, the ages proceed Silver to Brazen to Iron, and humanity degenerated from primeval innocence to wickedness and impiety; it also calls the Golden Age material an allusion to Eden.
The passage presents a sequence of Golden, Silver, Brazen, and Iron Ages and explains it as progressive human degeneration.
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