Motif
grief-driven plunge into water
grief_driven_plunge_into_water
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Death from Grief. 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. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7293-7322 confidence: medium
Apollodorus says Priam made Æsacus marry Sterope; when Sterope died young, Æsacus was so afflicted that he threw himself into the sea.
Æsacus, afflicted by Sterope's death, throws himself into the sea.
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