Motif
perishable beauty contrasted with enduring bloom
perishable_beauty_contrasted_with_enduring_bloom
A motif of the Beauty Paired with Pain and Paradox family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE DOGS AND THE FOX / THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE HAWK / THE ROSE AND THE AMARANTH / THE MAN, THE HORSE, THE OX, AND THE DOG; lines 4550-4579 confidence: high
A Rose and an Amaranth blossom side by side in a garden; the Amaranth envies the Rose's beauty and sweet scent and notes its broad favor.
The Rose is praised for beauty and scent but says it withers and dies, while the Amaranth's flowers never fade.
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