Motif
Bereaved father mourning a fallen son
bereaved_father_mourning_a_fallen_son
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Mourning Kin. 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 Aeneid of Virgil BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH / BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA; lines 7167-7255 confidence: high
Evander comes to the bier, clasps Pallas with tears, laments the son's reckless first battle, says he has survived his child, does not blame the Teucrians or treaty, and asks that Turnus be treated as the debt claimed by father and son.
Evander embraces Pallas, laments the son's first battle and untimely death, and says he has survived his child.
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