Motif
inhospitable host tests a god with murder and human flesh
inhospitable_host_tests_a_god_with_murder_and_human_flesh
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. 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 I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1224-1310 confidence: high
Jupiter enters the inhospitable abode of the Arcadian tyrant at twilight, signals that a god has come, the people worship, and Lycaon derides them and proposes a test to determine whether the visitor is god or mortal.
Lycaon mocks worship, tests whether Jupiter is divine, plans to kill him, and serves the flesh of a slain hostage.
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