Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

divine radiance around the head

divine_radiance_around_the_head

A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family, within the sub-family Divine Light and Sacred Radiance. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


roman

  • The Aeneid of Virgil THE END. / NOTES / BOOK FIRST / BOOK SECOND; lines 8695-8712 confidence: medium

    The note on l. 616 defines nimbus effulgens as bright light encircling gods' heads and customary in painting.

    The note defines nimbus effulgens as a bright light encircling divine heads and adds that this is also how it is customarily painted.

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