Motif
Petrifying monster-head weapon
petrifying_monster_head_weapon
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Divine and Named Weapons. 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 7664-7739 confidence: high
Fable argument: Phineus, formerly promised Andromeda, attacks Perseus; Perseus later shows the Gorgon head, petrifies Phineus and followers, takes Andromeda to Argos, petrifies Prœtus, and restores Acrisius.
The prose argument states that Perseus shows the Gorgon head and Phineus and his followers become stone statues.
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