Motif
Lost age of divine-human nearness and earthly Justice
lost_age_of_divine_human_nearness_and_earthly_justice
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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Fasti MAIUS. LIB. V. / JUNIUS. LIB. VI. / P. OVIDII NASONIS FASTORUM / LIBER I.; lines 1343-1470 confidence: high
Janus says he lived by the Tiber where Rome now stands, ruled from the hill called Janiculum, and lived in a time when gods mingled with human places, Justice still remained, shame ruled the people, and Janus guarded peace and doors with a key as arms.
Janus describes a time when gods mingled with human places, Justice still remained on earth, and shame ruled without force.
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