Motif
contest of suitors for a bride
contest_of_suitors_for_a_bride
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Bride Contest and Suitor Trials. 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. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE NINTH.; lines 2068-2150 confidence: high
Deïanira, daughter of Œneus, has several suitors; her father consents that she will marry the bravest; the other suitors yield to Hercules and Acheloüs, who fight in single combat.
Deïanira’s father agrees she will marry the bravest suitor, and Hercules and Acheloüs become the final rivals.
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