Motif
boast of many children against a divine rival
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A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Defiance of Deities and Divine Humbling. 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. / BOOK THE SIXTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9593-9653 confidence: high
Niobe cites her beauty, seven daughters, seven sons, future in-laws, and fortune; she contrasts her abundance with Latona’s two children and says even losses would not reduce her to Latona’s number.
Niobe explicitly contrasts her fourteen children with Latona’s two and uses this numerical contrast as part of her claim to superiority.
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