Motif
Heroic weapon destined to accomplish a city's fall
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A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Divine and Named Weapons. 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. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH.; lines 8455-8538 confidence: high
Introductory summary: after Achilles' death, Ajax and Ulysses contest his armour; the chiefs award it to Ulysses; Ajax kills himself and his blood becomes a flower; Philoctetes' arrows help fulfill Troy's destiny; Troy is sacked and Hecuba becomes Ulysses' slave.
The arrows of Hercules, possessed by Philoctetes, are described as shafts destined for the destruction of Troy.
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