Motif
Captivity and refuge as image of status change
captivity_and_refuge_as_image_of_status_change
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Status Marking and Restoration. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Republic BOOK III. / BOOK IV. / BOOK V. / BOOK VI.; lines 17792-17900 confidence: low
Unworthy entrants are compared to prisoners running from prison into a sanctuary and leaving their trades for philosophy because she retains dignity.
Unworthy entrants into philosophy are compared to prisoners escaping confinement into a sanctuary, and a tinker is imagined as released from durance before assuming bridal dress.
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