Motif
Apotheosis of heroic or royal figures
apotheosis_of_heroic_or_royal_figures
A motif of the Royal Legitimacy and Sacred Kingship 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 VIII-XV BOOK XI. / BOOK XII. / BOOK XIII. / BOOK XIV.; lines 373-392 confidence: high
Aeneas is made a Deity; other kings succeed him; in Procas's time Pomona is beloved by Vertumnus, who assumes old-woman form, tells the story of Anaxarete changed into stone for cruelty, reassumes youth form, and prevails upon Pomona.
Aeneas is made a Deity; Romulus is made a Deity under the name Quirinus; Hersilia becomes the Goddess Hora.
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