Motif
secret adultery exposed by an all-seeing solar witness
secret_adultery_exposed_by_an_all_seeing_solar_witness
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Hidden Wrongdoing Exposed. 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 EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6212-6279 confidence: high
The heading introduces the Sun discovering the affair of Mars and Venus and falling in love with Leucothoë; Leuconoë begins speaking, saying Love has captivated the all-seeing Sun.
The Sun, said to see everything, is the first to see the adultery of Venus and Mars and reports it to Vulcan.
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