Motif
failed intercession to delay a departing lover
failed_intercession_to_delay_a_departing_lover
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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roman
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The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK THIRD / THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING / BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END; lines 2469-2540 confidence: high
Dido asks Anna to approach Aeneas, says she no longer asks for marriage or that he abandon Latium, and requests only a breathing-space and favorable winds.
Dido sends Anna to request only a temporary delay, but Anna's repeated pleas do not stir Aeneas.
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