Motif
punishment mirrors the criminal's own method
punishment_mirrors_the_criminal_s_own_method
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Mirrored Retribution. 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 I-VII BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11772-11813 confidence: high
Scyron forced guests to wash his feet on rocks, kicked them into the sea for a tortoise to devour, and was killed by Theseus in similar fashion.
Scyron throws victims down rocks into the sea, and Theseus kills him and throws his body down the same rocks.
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