Motif
self-destructive overreaching for an inaccessible object
self_destructive_overreaching_for_an_inaccessible_object
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Forbidden Projects and Cosmic Overreach. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE STAG AND THE LION / THE IMPOSTOR / THE DOGS AND THE HIDES / THE LION, THE FOX, AND THE ASS; lines 4729-4754 confidence: high
Famished dogs see hides steeping in a river but cannot reach them because the water is too deep.
The dogs attempt an impossible or excessive solution to reach the hides and die before attaining them.
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