Motif
Disguise causing friendly and enemy confusion
disguise_causing_friendly_and_enemy_confusion
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Disguises and Recognition. 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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The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE / BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY; lines 1149-1237 confidence: high
Cassandra is dragged from Minerva's sanctuary with fettered hands; Coroebus rushes into danger, the narrator's group follows, and confusion begins because of their armor and Greek crests.
The Trojans' armor and Greek crests contribute to mistaken slaughter, and their shields, weapons, and speech later reveal them to Greeks.
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