Motif
Fatal loss of honor leading to self-destruction
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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 Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH.; lines 8770-8858 confidence: high
The chiefs are moved; the narration says what eloquence can do, and the fluent man receives the arms of a brave one.
After losing the arms to Ulysses, Ajax is overcome by wrath and grief, seizes his sword, and declares he will use it against himself so that only Ajax may conquer Ajax.
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