Motif
Moral decline from rustic simplicity to greed
moral_decline_from_rustic_simplicity_to_greed
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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roman
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Fasti MAIUS. LIB. V. / JUNIUS. LIB. VI. / P. OVIDII NASONIS FASTORUM / LIBER I.; lines 1343-1470 confidence: high
Early Rome is described as poor and austere, while later Rome is marked by increased wealth, desire for more, honors by census, and the low status of the poor.
The passage moves from austere early Rome and Saturnian memory to the growth of wealth, appetite, honors by census, and the displacement of poverty.
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