Motif
burning city as crisis sign prompting heroic return
burning_city_as_crisis_sign_prompting_heroic_return
A motif of the The Hero's Journey 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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Aeneidos LIBER XI / PUBLI VERGILI MARONIS / AENEIDOS / LIBER XII; lines 10069-10152 confidence: medium
Saces, wounded in the face, reports that Aeneas threatens the citadels, fires reach roofs, Latinus hesitates, the queen has died by her own hand, and Messapus and Atinas defend the gates.
Saces reports torches flying to the roofs and Turnus sees flames rising around the tower he built; this vision immediately precedes Turnus's decision to go to the walls.
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