Motif
battle force compared to spreading wildfire
battle_force_compared_to_spreading_wildfire
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.
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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 6645-6692 confidence: medium
A simile compares the gathering of Pallas's comrades to a shepherd kindling woods so that a line of fire spreads across the plain.
The advance and gathering of Pallas's comrades is compared to a shepherd-kindled fire spreading through woods and across a plain.
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