Motif
animal-mark punishment for foolish judgment
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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. 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 VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE ELEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6004-6101 confidence: high
The fable summary says Pan challenges Apollo; Tmolus judges in favor of Apollo; Midas alone disagrees, receives asses’ ears, conceals them, and is exposed by his barber.
Midas receives asses’ ears as punishment for preferring Pan over Apollo.
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