Motif
cursed exile after filial or household offense
cursed_exile_after_filial_or_household_offense
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family, within the sub-family Taboos, Geasa, and Curse-Bound Boundaries. 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. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5211-5307 confidence: medium
Le Clerc explains that Cinyras drank to excess, slept indecently, was seen by Myrrha and Adonis, had the matter reported to him through Ammon, and cursed Myrrha and Adonis.
The commentary has Cinyras curse Myrrha and Adonis after a report about his indecent sleeping condition, and Myrrha then withdraws to Arabia under execrations.
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