Motif
betrayal of a besieged city for love
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A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Jealousy and Rivalry. 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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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE AETHIOPIS / THE LITTLE ILIAD / THE SACK OF ILIUM / THE RETURNS; lines 8170-8221 confidence: high
Heracles besieges Themiscyra on the Thermodon but cannot take it; Antiope, loving Theseus, betrays the place.
Antiope betrays Themiscyra while Heracles besieges it because she is in love with Theseus.
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