Motif
Victory memorial through dedicated arms
victory_memorial_through_dedicated_arms
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Heroic Arms, Armor, and Banners. 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 SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY / BOOK THIRD / THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING; lines 1678-1762 confidence: medium
At Actium the Trojans purify themselves in Jove's worship, kindle altars, hold Ilium's games, pass through winter, and Aeneas dedicates Abas' brass shield before sailing toward Buthrotum.
At Actium, Aeneas fixes a captured brass shield at a doorway and marks it with an inscription.
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