Motif
petrifying trophy used against hostile ruler
petrifying_trophy_used_against_hostile_ruler
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.
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1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8008-8099 confidence: high
The fable summary says Polydectes hates Perseus, treats his victories over Medusa as fiction, and is turned to stone; it also previews Minerva's visit to the Muses and their account of Pyreneus.
Perseus uses Medusa's face to turn Polydectes, a hostile ruler, into stone.
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