Motif
music that charms nature and restrains violence
music_that_charms_nature_and_restrains_violence
A motif of the Enchanting Music and Sound Power family, within the sub-family Enchantment of Nature and Animals. 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 Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE ELEVENTH.; lines 5715-5795 confidence: high
Orpheus, the Thracian poet, sings with his lyre and leads woods, savage beasts, and rocks; Ciconian matrons in wild-beast skins see him from a hill and one calls him their contemner.
Orpheus' song leads woods, beasts, and rocks, and his music initially overcomes weapons thrown at him.
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