Motif
noncombatant drawn into battle
noncombatant_drawn_into_battle
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTH.; lines 7741-7823 confidence: high
Phineus throws a javelin that strikes Idas, who had taken neither side; Idas rebukes Phineus for making him an enemy and dies before returning the dart.
Idas had declined warfare, Emathion cannot fight and only condemns the arms, and the musician is present for peaceful festival music yet is killed.
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