Motif
disease corrupts divinatory signs
disease_corrupts_divinatory_signs
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Dream Interpretation, Divination, and Omen Responses. 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 I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11973-12064 confidence: medium
The speaker offers sacrifice to Jupiter for himself, his country, and his three sons; the victim collapses without a blow, has scanty blood, and diseased entrails that have lost divine signs.
The sacrificial entrails are described as diseased and as having lost the marks of truth and warnings of the gods.
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