Motif
vengeance for the slain youth through recognition of spoils
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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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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 8597-8651 confidence: high
Aeneas wavers, then sees Pallas' sword-belt on Turnus, is inflamed by grief, says Pallas strikes the sacrifice and exacts vengeance, and plunges the steel into Turnus' breast; Turnus' life goes into the dark.
Aeneas sees Pallas' belt on Turnus, interprets it as the plundered record of grief, and kills Turnus in Pallas' name.
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