Motif
music that induces sleep or weakens vigilance
music_that_induces_sleep_or_weakens_vigilance
A motif of the Enchanting Music and Sound Power family, within the sub-family Sleep and Emotional Enchantment. 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 I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2299-2386 confidence: high
Argus, charmed by the new pipe, invites Mercury to sit; Mercury talks and plays reeds to overpower Argus’s eyes, but Argus partly sleeps and partly keeps watch, then asks how the pipe was invented.
Mercury’s reed playing and conversation are directed at overpowering Argus’s watchful eyes with sleep.
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