Motif
Violent race destroyed by its own hands
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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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greek
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica INTRODUCTION / BIBLIOGRAPHY / HESIOD / HESIODS WORKS AND DAYS; lines 1623-1702 confidence: high
Zeus makes a third, bronze race sprung from ash-trees, terrible and strong, loving the works of Ares and violence; their armor, houses, and implements are bronze, with no black iron.
The bronze generation loves violent works and is destroyed by its own hands, leaving no name.
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