Motif
posthumous inscribed flower of lament
posthumous_inscribed_flower_of_lament
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Tears, Transformation, and Memorialization. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
-
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH.; lines 8860-8963 confidence: high
The hero plunges a fatal sword into his breast; his blood forces the weapon out; the reddened earth produces a purple flower with letters in the leaves, like a former flower from an Oebalian wound.
The flower produced from blood bears letters connected both to the youth and to the hero, including a lamentation.
read in the book →