Motif
leader’s consoling speech after communal catastrophe
leader_s_consoling_speech_after_communal_catastrophe
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Mourning Ritual and Funerary Practice. 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 PREFACE / THE AENEID / BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE; lines 223-315 confidence: high
Aeneas shares wine from Acestes and tells his comrades that they have endured worse, including Scylla and the Cyclops, and that through many perils they steer for destined Latium, where Troy may rise again.
After the storm and landing, Aeneas shares provisions and tells his companions that God will appoint an end to present suffering and that this hardship may later be remembered with delight.
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