Motif
foreign sanctuary preserves memory of homeland suffering
foreign_sanctuary_preserves_memory_of_homeland_suffering
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Grief Imagery and Song. 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 Aeneid of Virgil PREFACE / THE AENEID / BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE; lines 493-570 confidence: high
Aeneas examines the temple, sees ordered images of the battles of Ilium and figures including the sons of Atreus, Priam, and Achilles, then weeps and speaks to Achates about Troy's agony being known everywhere.
Aeneas finds images of the Trojan War in Juno's Carthaginian temple and interprets them as evidence that Troy's agony is known abroad.
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