Motif
pregnant daughter cast into water by father
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A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family, within the sub-family Infant Killing, Dynastic Persecution, and Sparing. 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 VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1548-1589 confidence: high
Hippodamas, Perimele's father, takes offense and pushes his daughter, about to give birth, from a rock into the sea; the speaker receives and bears her up as she swims.
Hippodamas pushes Perimele, his daughter about to give birth, from a rock into the sea.
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