Motif
false accusation by rejected stepmother leading to paternal curse and exile
false_accusation_by_rejected_stepmother_leading_to_paternal_curse_and_exile
A motif of the Jealous Stepmother and Persecuted Child family. 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 VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12944-13014 confidence: high
Hippolytus says his father believed the stepmother's deceit; the daughter of Pasiphaë tempted him, accused him, and his father expelled and cursed him.
The rejected daughter of Pasiphaë accuses Hippolytus, and his father responds by expelling and cursing him.
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