Motif
insult remembered and repaid
insult_remembered_and_repaid
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Guilt. 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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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE HUNTER AND THE WOODMAN / THE SERPENT AND THE EAGLE / THE ROGUE AND THE ORACLE / THE HORSE AND THE ASS; lines 5210-5221 confidence: medium
The Ass holds his peace but does not forget the Horse’s insolence.
The Ass silently remembers the Horse’s insolence and later derides him after his decline.
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