Motif
bloody recognition token reveals hidden crime
bloody_recognition_token_reveals_hidden_crime
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs 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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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10354-10448 confidence: high
Tereus asks for Itys; Progne replies, 'Thou hast within {thee}, that for which thou art asking.'
After Progne verbally hints that Itys is inside Tereus, Philomela throws Itys's bloody head into his father's face as proof of the murder.
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