Motif
discord grows when met with violence
discord_grows_when_met_with_violence
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Rage in Conflict and Battle. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE FARMER AND HIS DOGS / THE EAGLE AND THE FOX / THE BUTCHER AND HIS CUSTOMERS / HERCULES AND MINERVA; lines 4847-4860 confidence: high
The object is not crushed; it doubles in size, and when Hercules strikes it with his club it swells enormously and blocks the whole road.
The apple of discord remains small if not meddled with but swells when Hercules uses force against it.
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