Motif
pious recognition opposed by impious companions
pious_recognition_opposed_by_impious_companions
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Rejected Warner and Communal Destruction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5506-5562 confidence: high
Acoetes says he examined the boy and saw nothing mortal: “I am in doubt what Deity is in that body; but in that body a Deity there is.”
Acoetes recognizes divine presence and prays, while the crew dismisses him, approves taking the boy, and later approves violence against him.
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