Motif
female warrior assumes battlefield command
female_warrior_assumes_battlefield_command
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. 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 TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH / BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA; lines 7463-7532 confidence: high
Camilla and her Volscian squadron meet Turnus at the gateway; she dismounts and offers to engage Aeneas' cavalry while Turnus guards the city.
Camilla offers to face the enemy cavalry and Turnus assigns her a captain's charge over the cavalry engagement.
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