Motif
burning city destruction
burning_city_destruction
A motif of the Flood, Fire, and Cosmic Renewal family, within the sub-family World Fires and Burning Cities. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
roman
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The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE / BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY; lines 1239-1316 confidence: high
Priam's fate is described with burning Troy and fallen towers before his eyes, ending with a great corpse on the shore, severed head, and nameless body.
Troy is repeatedly described as burning, its towers fallen, and survivors leaping or throwing themselves into fire.
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