Motif
love as consuming fire and hidden wound
love_as_consuming_fire_and_hidden_wound
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Lovesickness and Longing. 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 Aeneid of Virgil BOOK THIRD / THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING / BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END; lines 2125-2220 confidence: high
Dido is pierced by distress and unseen fire; she tells Anna that Aeneas has stirred her heart but says she would rather die or descend to Erebus than break faith with Sychaeus and her honor.
Dido's passion is repeatedly expressed as unseen fire, inward flame, and a living wound.
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