Motif
prophecy dismissed by its subject
prophecy_dismissed_by_its_subject
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Omen Interpretation and Response. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9863-9933 confidence: high
Polyphemus grooms himself and looks in water; Telemus, son of Eurymus, warns that Ulysses will take his single eye, but Polyphemus laughs, says another has taken it already, and later moves along the shore or returns to his shaded cave.
A reliable prophet warns Polyphemus of Ulysses' future attack on his eye, but Polyphemus laughs and rejects the warning.
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