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Shipwrecked beloved announces death

shipwrecked_beloved_announces_death

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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1 traditions

roman

  • The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6842-6918 confidence: medium

    Morpheus flies silently through the dark, reaches the Hæmonian city, lays aside his wings, assumes Ceyx's form, and appears pale, bloodless, wet, and tearful before Halcyone's bed.

    The apparition in Ceyx's form tells Halcyone that he has perished by shipwreck and asks her to mourn him.

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