Motif
divine act of humanity contrasted with divine cruelty
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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. 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 VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1774-1789 confidence: low
Footnote 89 comments that an act of humanity reflects credit on two deities and contrasts this with the usual cruel and revengeful disposition of heathen divinities.
The editorial note explicitly describes an act of humanity by two deities and contrasts it with the usual cruel and revengeful disposition of other divinities.
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