Motif
boastful challenger slain by the beast
boastful_challenger_slain_by_the_beast
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall 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 VIII-XV BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1067-1126 confidence: high
The Arcadian boasts that men's weapons surpass women's and that he will destroy the beast despite Diana; the beast seizes him with its tusks, and Ancæus falls with blood and entrails.
Ancæus boasts of superior masculine weaponry and divine defiance, then is immediately killed by the beast's tusks.
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