Motif
bereaved bride lament image
bereaved_bride_lament_image
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
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greek
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The Argonautica THE ARGONAUTICA / BOOK I / BOOK II / BOOK III; lines 3233-3328 confidence: high
The narrator likens Medea to a bride in her chamber silently grieving a youthful husband destroyed by doom before the couple has enjoyed one another, with a heart on fire and a widowed couch.
Medea's lament is explicitly likened to a bride mourning a youthful husband who has died before the couple enjoys one another.
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