Motif
Beloved addressed by disguised lover
beloved_addressed_by_disguised_lover
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Reunion, Messengers, and Tokens. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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Phaedrus PHAEDRUS / INTRODUCTION. / ON THE DECLINE OF GREEK LITERATURE. / PHAEDRUS; lines 1781-1894 confidence: medium
Socrates begins a tale about a very fair youth with many lovers and a cunning lover who pretended not to love him while actually loving him, and who argued that the youth should accept the non-lover rather than the lover.
The tale describes a fair youth with many lovers and one cunning lover who pretends not to love him while actually loving him and arguing for the non-lover's preference.
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