Motif
divine retaliation through love magic
divine_retaliation_through_love_magic
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Guilt. 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 I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1815-1899 confidence: high
Apollo, proud after subduing Python, mocks Cupid’s use of the bow and contrasts his own arrows against beasts, enemies, and Python with Cupid’s torch-born flames.
Cupid retaliates for Apollo’s mockery by using two arrows to produce desire in Apollo and aversion in Daphne.
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