Motif
authority halts excessive combat to spare the defeated
authority_halts_excessive_combat_to_spare_the_defeated
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Justice, Mercy, and Judicial Procedure. 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 Aeneid of Virgil BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END / BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET; lines 3046-3130 confidence: high
Aeneas stops the fight, rescues Dares, says “the gods are changed” and “Yield thou to Heaven”; Dares is led away bleeding, and the palm and bull are left to Entellus.
Aeneas stops Entellus’ rage, rescues the exhausted Dares, and declares the battle over.
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