Motif
fatal trophy or cursed spoils
fatal_trophy_or_cursed_spoils
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Cursed and Fatal Objects. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6694-6752 confidence: high
Turnus puts his foot on dead Pallas and tears away a broad sword-belt engraved with grooms killed on a bridal night and bloodied nuptial chambers.
Turnus strips Pallas' engraved sword-belt and rejoices, while the narrator says he will later wish Pallas had lived and will curse the day's spoils.
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