Motif
Blood-exuding plant
blood_exuding_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.
1 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: high
“Thus Homer has his speaking horses; and Virgil his myrtles distilling blood” as examples of marvelous fictions beyond probability.
Virgil is said to have myrtles distilling blood.
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