Motif
hidden lovers overhear rival suitor
hidden_lovers_overhear_rival_suitor
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Forbidden and Transgressive Love. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9863-9933 confidence: medium
A wedge-shaped hill projects into the sea. Polyphemus sits there with flocks, a pine-tree staff, and a hundred-reed pipe; a hidden speaker lying within a rock on Acis' bosom hears his words from afar.
A hidden speaker reclines with Acis while hearing Polyphemus' song to Galatea from afar.
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