Motif
ill-timed union produces decline
ill_timed_union_produces_decline
A motif of the World Ages and Cosmic Decline family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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The Republic BOOK V. / BOOK VI. / BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII.; lines 20387-20491 confidence: high
"when your guardians are ignorant of the law of births, and unite bride and bridegroom out of season, the children will not be goodly or fortunate."
Guardians ignorant of the law of births unite bride and bridegroom out of season; the resulting children are not goodly or fortunate and successors become unworthy.
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