Motif
Divine and mortal names for love
divine_and_mortal_names_for_love
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Divine and Sacred Love. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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Phaedrus PHAEDRUS / INTRODUCTION. / ON THE DECLINE OF GREEK LITERATURE. / PHAEDRUS; lines 2389-2457 confidence: medium
“Mortals call him fluttering love, But the immortals call him winged one” because wing-growth or wing-motion is necessary to him.
The passage states that men call the condition love, while the gods have a different name linked to wings.
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