Motif
Destructive and protective fire in the same escape sequence
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A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family. 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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Aeneidos LIBER I / PUBLI VERGILI MARONIS / AENEIDOS / LIBER II; lines 1512-1634 confidence: medium
Venus appears in bright nocturnal light as Aeneas' mother, grasps him, questions his rage, names Anchises, Creusa, and Ascanius, and says Greeks surround them while her care resists flame and sword.
Fire threatens Troy and Aeneas' family, recedes before Aeneas, appears harmlessly around Iulus, and accompanies the star omen.
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