Motif
single combat as decision of collective conflict
single_combat_as_decision_of_collective_conflict
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Champion Combat and Duel. 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 Aeneid of Virgil BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA / BOOK TWELFTH / THE SLAYING OF TURNUS; lines 8437-8512 confidence: high
Rutulians, Trojans, all Italy, those holding the city, those battering the wall, and Latinus look on as the two distant-born men meet to decide with the sword.
The armies and Latinus watch while the two champions meet in an empty field and decide the matter with weapons.
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