Motif
enemy champion trapped inside the fortified camp
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Champion Combat and Duel. 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 EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 6231-6312 confidence: high
Pandarus closes the gate during retreat, leaving some Trojans outside and shutting others in; Turnus has entered and is compared to a tiger among flocks.
Pandarus shuts the gate and accidentally encloses Turnus among the Trojan defenders.
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