Motif
warrior excess restrained before dawn
warrior_excess_restrained_before_dawn
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Battle Preparation and Ritual. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 5892-5934 confidence: medium
Euryalus rages, kills an unnamed multitude and several named men; Rhoetus, awake and hiding behind a great bowl, is stabbed and dies vomiting blood mixed with wine.
Euryalus continues killing until Nisus warns that daylight is near and vengeance is already complete.
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