Motif
balanced mutual destruction in battle
balanced_mutual_destruction_in_battle
A motif of the Death Attributed to Fate or Destiny 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 NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6957-7018 confidence: high
The passage opens with equal slaughter and no retreat; the gods in Jove's house pity mortal agony, Venus and Juno watch from opposing sides, and Tisiphone rages among the warriors.
The passage frames the battle as equal woe and counterchanged death, with both sides killing and falling and neither retreating.
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