Motif
Metamorphosis into an insect
metamorphosis_into_an_insect
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Transformations into Animal Forms. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek roman
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome APHRODITE (VENUS). / VENUS. / HELIOS (SOL). / EOS (AURORA).; lines 2159-2198 confidence: high
Some later poets say Tithonus asks to die but cannot; Eos pities him and changes him into a grasshopper whose ceaseless chirping is compared to old-age babble.
Eos changes the suffering Tithonus into a grasshopper, associated with ceaseless chirping and voice.
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