Motif
consuming power of time and old age
consuming_power_of_time_and_old_age
A motif of the Immortality Without Renewal family, within the sub-family Time and Old Age as Inescapable Adversaries. 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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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12303-12387 confidence: high
Time and Old Age are addressed as forces that destroy and slowly consume all things through decay.
Time and Old Age are personified as destroying and slowly consuming all things.
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