Motif
bond of love as resistance to tyranny
bond_of_love_as_resistance_to_tyranny
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Faithful Spouse. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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Symposium Symposium / SYMPOSIUM / INTRODUCTION. / SYMPOSIUM; lines 1355-1438 confidence: medium
In Ionia and places subject to barbarians, such attachments are dishonourable; Pausanias says philosophy, gymnastics, and loves of youths are inimical to tyranny because rulers do not want strong bonds among subjects.
Pausanias says rulers fear strong bonds of friendship or society and cites Aristogeiton and Harmodius as undoing tyrannical power.
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