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Motif

Protective spouse attempts to restrain a hero from danger

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A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Faithful Spouse. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

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1 traditions

roman

  • The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6420-6505 confidence: high

    Halcyone, alarmed, runs out, clings to Peleus's neck, and begs him with words and tears to send aid without himself and so save two lives in one.

    Halcyone clings to Peleus and asks him to send help without going himself, so as to save two lives in one.

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