Motif
bleeding or blood-distilling plant
bleeding_or_blood_distilling_plant
A motif of the Death, Rebirth, and Transformation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION. / THEODORE ALOIS BUCKLEY. / POPES PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER; lines 1555-1630 confidence: medium
The passage cites Homer's speaking horses and Virgil's myrtles distilling blood as marvellous fictions that exceed probability.
Virgil's myrtles distilling blood are cited as a marvellous fiction.
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The Iliad CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION. / THEODORE ALOIS BUCKLEY. / POPES PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER; lines 1555-1630 confidence: high
The passage names marvellous fictions surpassing probability: Homer's speaking horses and Virgil's myrtles distilling blood, with mention of a deity's possible intervention.
The passage cites Virgil's myrtles distilling blood as a marvellous fiction.
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