Motif
Altar as refuge amid violent combat
altar_as_refuge_amid_violent_combat
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order 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. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTH.; lines 7664-7739 confidence: medium
Phineus hesitates, throws his spear into a cushion, and Perseus throws it back; Phineus shelters behind an altar, so the spear strikes Rhoetus in the forehead, and the crowd erupts into weapon-throwing rage.
Phineus is protected when he retreats behind an altar, and an altar billet becomes Perseus’ weapon against Athis.
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