Motif
unwitting cannibal feast of kin
unwitting_cannibal_feast_of_kin
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Mirrored Retribution. 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 I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10354-10448 confidence: high
Progne sets Tereus before the banquet after removing attendants; Tereus eats unknowingly and asks for Itys. Progne replies, “Thou hast within thee, that for which thou art asking.”
Tereus unknowingly eats the meal made from his son and asks for Itys before the deed is revealed.
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