Motif
Fated tokens and persons required before a city can fall
fated_tokens_and_persons_required_before_a_city_can_fall
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Recognition Tokens and Identity Signs. 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: medium
Ulysses says Philoctetes remains on Lemnos; he advised rest from war and voyage; prophets require Philoctetes for Troy's destruction; Ulysses says he will attempt to bring him back and obtain his arrows.
Ulysses states that prophets require Philoctetes for Troy's destruction and that the Fates would not allow Troy to be captured without Minerva's statue.
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