Motif
Avian omen interpreted as mandate for attack
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A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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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 8040-8120 confidence: high
Juturna shows a delusive augury: Jove's tawny bird seizes a swan, is surrounded and attacked by shore birds, drops the swan into the river, and flies into the clouds.
A bird-sign involving predator, flock, and swan is read by Tolumnius as divine confirmation that the people should take up arms.
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