Motif
blood curse founding inherited enmity between peoples
blood_curse_founding_inherited_enmity_between_peoples
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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Aeneidos LIBER III / PUBLI VERGILI MARONIS / AENEIDOS / LIBER IV; lines 3113-3236 confidence: high
Dido commands Tyrians and future descendants to maintain hatred, forbids love and treaties, calls for an avenger from her bones, and prays for conflict of shores, waves, arms, and descendants.
Dido orders Tyrians and future descendants to hate Aeneas' people, forbids love and treaties, calls for an avenger from her bones, and prays for shore against shore, wave against wave, and arms against arms.
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