Motif
enemy heads displayed as battle trophies
enemy_heads_displayed_as_battle_trophies
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Aftermath and Spoils. 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 Aeneid of Virgil BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 6015-6072 confidence: high
Dawn brings daylight; Turnus wakes his men to arms; the heads of Euryalus and Nisus are raised on spear-points with loud shouts.
The heads of Euryalus and Nisus are fixed on spear-points and raised with shouts before the defenders.
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