Motif
failed supplication for mercy
failed_supplication_for_mercy
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Repentance and Mercy. 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 Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9655-9741 confidence: high
Ilioneus raises his arms and asks all gods to spare him; the bow-bearing god is moved when the arrow can no longer be recalled, and Ilioneus dies from a slight wound.
Ilioneus prays to all the gods for his life, and Niobe pleads for her youngest daughter, but both are killed.
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