Motif
Heavenly water overcomes destructive fire after supplication
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A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Rescue and Protection. 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 FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END / BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET; lines 3234-3313 confidence: high
Aeneas tears his clothing from his shoulders, stretches out his hands, and prays to Jupiter to save the fleet from flame or destroy the Trojan remnant with a thunderbolt if deserved.
Aeneas prays to Jupiter to save the fleet, and a black rainstorm quenches the flames, saving all but four ships.
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