Motif
unaware supplication for one already dead
unaware_supplication_for_one_already_dead
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Grief Imagery and Song. 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 EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6762-6840 confidence: high
Halcyone offers frankincense to the gods, especially worships at Juno’s temple, and prays that her husband be safe, return, and prefer no other woman.
Halcyone prays for Ceyx’s safety and return after he has drowned, and Juno rejects continued supplication for the dead.
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