Motif
suitor offers pastoral abundance to beloved
suitor_offers_pastoral_abundance_to_beloved
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Bride Contest and Suitor Trials. 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 BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9863-9933 confidence: high
Polyphemus says Galatea would not flee if she knew him; he describes his mountain cave, fruits, trees, cattle, lambs, kids, milk, game, doves, and nests as things available to her if he is her husband.
Polyphemus offers Galatea his cave, fruits, trees, cattle, milk, animals, and bear cubs as inducements.
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