Motif
Newly born brothers destroy one another in civil war
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A motif of the Sacred Twins and Sibling Pairs 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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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRD. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4421-4519 confidence: high
An earth-born man cries, “Do not take up arms, nor engage thyself in civil war.”
The earth-born men are called brothers, one warns against civil war, and the troop becomes maddened and falls by mutual wounds until only five remain.
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