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Motif

entombed beloved followed by suicide

entombed_beloved_followed_by_suicide

A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family United in Death. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

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1 traditions

greek roman

  • Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome BELLEROPHON. / THESEUS. / OEDIPUS. / THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES.; lines 8919-8977 confidence: medium

    Creon condemns Antigone to be entombed alive in a subterranean vault; Haemon enters, finds Antigone hanged by her veil, invokes curses on his father, and kills himself with his sword beside her.

    Antigone is sealed alive in a subterranean vault, hangs herself, and Haemon kills himself beside her body.

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