Motif
Recognition prevents kin-slaying by poison
recognition_prevents_kin_slaying_by_poison
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs family, within the sub-family Separated Kin and Withheld Recognition. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11584-11674 confidence: high
Medea mingles wolfsbane from Scythia for Theseus, and Ægeus presents it to his son as if to an enemy.
Ægeus almost gives the poisoned cup to his unknown son, then recognizes family tokens on the sword hilt and knocks the cup away.
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