Motif
oracle warning against marriage
oracle_warning_against_marriage
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Civic, Marriage, and Communal Signs. 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 Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5309-5389 confidence: high
The oracle says: “Thou hast no need, Atalanta, of a husband; avoid obtaining a husband... while {still} living, thou wilt lose thyself.”
The divine response tells Atalanta to avoid obtaining a husband and predicts that she will lose herself while living.
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