Motif
Burial of the unburied companion before underworld passage
burial_of_the_unburied_companion_before_underworld_passage
A motif of the Afterlife Navigation and Passage family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET / BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD; lines 3613-3702 confidence: high
Aeneas leaves the cavern with Achates; both wonder which lifeless comrade and unburied body the soothsayer meant.
The soothsayer's warning leads Aeneas and Achates to find Misenus dead; before fulfilling the Sibyl's ordinance, the Trojans perform extensive funeral rites and raise a tomb.
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