Motif
murdered dead reveals hidden truth in dream
murdered_dead_reveals_hidden_truth_in_dream
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Dream Visitors and Vision Revelations. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
roman
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The Aeneid of Virgil PREFACE / THE AENEID / BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE; lines 402-491 confidence: high
Venus identifies the Punic/Tyrian realm and Dido's rule, recounting Sychaeus' murder by Pygmalion, the ghost's revelation of the crime and hidden treasure, and Dido's overseas flight to the site of Carthage and Byrsa.
The ghost of Sychaeus appears to Dido in sleep, displays the wound, reveals the household crime, and discloses hidden treasure.
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