Motif
Civic tools transformed into weapons
civic_tools_transformed_into_weapons
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. 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 SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD / BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY; lines 4774-4860 confidence: high
Ausonia mobilizes: men prepare horses, arms, shields, spearheads, axes, standards, trumpets, helmets, armor, greaves, and re-tempered ancestral swords; Atina, Tibur, Ardea, Crustumeri, and Antemnae are named.
The passage says the honor of plough and pruning-hook has turned to war, while cities forge armor and re-temper ancestral swords.
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