Motif
all-seeing celestial witness exposes adultery
all_seeing_celestial_witness_exposes_adultery
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning 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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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6212-6279 confidence: high
Leuconoë begins to speak: “Love has captivated even this Sun, who rules all things by his æthereal light” and “is the first to see everything.”
The Sun is said to see everything first, sees the adultery of Venus and Mars, and reveals it to Vulcan.
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