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Rejected lover dies at the beloved’s threshold

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

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roman

  • The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11724-11824 confidence: high

    Iphis, of humble family, sees noble Anaxarete, falls passionately in love, comes suppliantly to her doors, petitions her nurse and servants, sends tablets, fastens tear-wet garlands to the door-posts, lies on the threshold, and reproaches the bolt.

    Iphis repeatedly supplicates at Anaxarete’s door, is rejected, gives a final speech there, and hangs himself from the door.

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