Motif
doomed aged king arms himself during the fall of the city
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A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Lament for the Fallen Warrior. 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 Aeneid of Virgil BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE / BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY; lines 1239-1316 confidence: high
Priam sees the captured city ruined, arms his aged shoulders with unused armour, girds on an unavailing sword, and moves toward death among the enemy.
Priam, described as old and trembling, dons long-unused armour and goes toward death amid the captured city.
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