Motif
Bereaved father seeks revenge or death
bereaved_father_seeks_revenge_or_death
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.
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roman
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Aeneidos LIBER IX / PUBLI VERGILI MARONIS / AENEIDOS / LIBER X; lines 8337-8463 confidence: high
Companions bring dead Lausus on his arms; Mezentius foresees disaster, soils his gray hair with dust, raises his palms to the sky, clings to the body, laments that Lausus died for him, recalls his own guilt and exile, and says he will leave life.
Mezentius laments that Lausus died in his place, says he will leave life, mounts Rhaebus, and declares he will either avenge Lausus by taking Aeneas's spoils and head or die together with the horse.
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