Motif
animalized battle fury of the warrior
animalized_battle_fury_of_the_warrior
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat 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 Aeneid of Virgil BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA / BOOK TWELFTH / THE SLAYING OF TURNUS; lines 7844-7942 confidence: high
Turnus sees the Latins broken; his spirit rises “in unappeasable flame,” and he is compared to a wounded lion starting into arms.
Turnus' rage is compared to a wounded lion and to a bull testing its horns before battle.
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