Motif
Love as wound and consuming fire
love_as_wound_and_consuming_fire
A motif of the Beauty Paired with Pain and Paradox family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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Aeneidos LIBER III / PUBLI VERGILI MARONIS / AENEIDOS / LIBER IV; lines 2514-2626 confidence: high
Dido is wounded by care, feeds a wound in her veins, is consumed by hidden fire, and continually recalls Aeneas' face, words, virtue, and lineage.
Dido's desire is repeatedly described through wound and fire language: she feeds a wound, burns with hidden flame, recognizes an old flame, and carries a silent wound under her breast.
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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 described as feeding a wound with her life-blood and catching an unseen fire while Aeneas’ valour and lineage return to her mind.
Dido’s condition is repeatedly described through wound, pain, unseen fire, subtle flame, and being on fire with love.
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