Motif
fallen fighter’s resurgence and reversal
fallen_fighter_s_resurgence_and_reversal
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Wounded, Fallen, and Avenged. 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 FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END / BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET; lines 3046-3130 confidence: high
Aeneas brings equal gloves; the fighters are described as youthful and nimble versus massive and aged; Entellus misses a blow and falls like an uprooted pine.
Entellus falls heavily after missing Dares, then rises with anger and shame and reverses the contest by battering Dares.
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