Motif
Threatened destruction of a city by fire
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. 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 8275-8349 confidence: high
Aeneas says Jupiter is with them, threatens to raze Latinus' city unless it yields, and commands: "Bring brands speedily, and reclaim the treaty in fire."
Aeneas threatens to raze Latinus' city and lay its smoking roofs in the dust, then orders brands and advances with fire to the walls.
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