Motif
ritual frenzy overcoming a sacred singer
ritual_frenzy_overcoming_a_sacred_singer
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Sleep, Trance, Music, and Liminal States. 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 VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE ELEVENTH.; lines 5715-5795 confidence: high
Bacchic instruments and yells drown the lyre; stones are reddened with Orpheus' blood; the Maenads attack charmed birds, serpents, wild beasts, and then Orpheus with thyrsi, clods, branches, and stones.
Bacchic noise prevents the lyre from being heard, after which the Maenads attack and murder Orpheus.
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