Motif
Dead enemy remains dangerous after burial
dead_enemy_remains_dangerous_after_burial
A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family. 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 THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9235-9321 confidence: high
Hecuba calls Polyxena her daughter and last affliction, says Achilles destroyed many of her children and now Polyxena, and says Achilles's ashes and tomb still rage against her family.
Hecuba says Achilles's ashes rage against her family and that even in the tomb he remains an enemy.
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