Motif
Enamored foreign helper aids the hero
enamored_foreign_helper_aids_the_hero
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Reunion, Messengers, and Tokens. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH.; lines 10640-10724 confidence: high
The fable summary says Jason arrives in Colchis with the Argonauts, demands the Golden Fleece, is preserved by Medea's enchantments, obtains the prize, carries off Medea, and returns to Thessaly.
Medea falls in love with Jason and considers using her aid to preserve him from the tasks.
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