Motif
Enemy force as flood
enemy_force_as_flood
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Battle Preparation and Ritual. 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 1149-1237 confidence: high
Inside the house are shrieks, women's wailing, and frightened mothers clinging to doors. The gate falls under the ram, and Greeks pour in, likened to a foaming river bursting its banks.
The Greeks bursting into the palace are compared to a foaming river breaking banks, overwhelming dykes, fields, herds, and pens.
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