Motif
Former hero longs for restored youth before a crisis
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A motif of the Immortality Without Renewal family, within the sub-family Fading Youth, Failed Restoration, and Aging Through Loss. 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 BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY / BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER; lines 5479-5516 confidence: medium
The father asks Jupiter to restore his past years and recalls cutting down enemies, burning conquered shields, and killing King Erulus, who had three lives and triple arms from Feronia.
The father wishes Jupiter would restore his past years and recalls earlier battlefield victories.
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