Motif
predatory love as wolf toward lamb
predatory_love_as_wolf_toward_lamb
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Forbidden and Transgressive Love. 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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Phaedrus PHAEDRUS / INTRODUCTION. / ON THE DECLINE OF GREEK LITERATURE. / PHAEDRUS; lines 1987-2094 confidence: high
“As wolves love lambs so lovers love their loves.”
The passage explicitly compares lovers’ love to wolves loving lambs.
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