Motif
Displaced allegiance after revelation of false parentage
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A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family, within the sub-family Disputed Maternity, Parentage, and Recognition. 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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The Republic BOOK IV. / BOOK V. / BOOK VI. / BOOK VII.; lines 19998-20152 confidence: medium
The speaker asks the interlocutor to imagine a wealthy son with many flatterers who learns that his alleged parents are not his real parents and cannot discover the real ones.
The analogy describes a son who discovers his supposed parents are not his real parents and then shifts loyalty toward flatterers.
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