Motif
hidden crime revealed by animal voice
hidden_crime_revealed_by_animal_voice
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Hidden Wrongdoing Exposed. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
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 5161-5236 confidence: medium
As Hercules prepares to leave with the herd, the oxen low; one imprisoned heifer replies from the cave and frustrates Cacus' concealment.
The concealed cattle are discovered when a heifer answers the departing herd's lowing from inside the cave.
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