Motif
taking ornate spoils from the defeated
taking_ornate_spoils_from_the_defeated
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Aftermath and Spoils. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
roman
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The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 5892-5934 confidence: high
They leave many rich items behind, while Euryalus takes Rhamnes' decorations and gold-embossed sword-belt and puts on Messapus' light plumed helmet.
Euryalus takes Rhamnes' decorations and gold-embossed sword-belt and puts on Messapus' plumed helmet before leaving.
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