Motif
beloved’s pursuit leads to unintended death
beloved_s_pursuit_leads_to_unintended_death
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family United in Death. 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 Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7178-7276 confidence: high
Æsacus avoids cities and the court, frequents lonely mountains and fields, sees Hesperie drying her hair by her father’s stream, and pursues her when she flees in fear.
Æsacus pursues Hesperie; she dies from a snakebite while fleeing, and he explicitly says he gave the occasion for her death.
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