Motif
warrior rushes into certain death when surrounded
warrior_rushes_into_certain_death_when_surrounded
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Wounded, Fallen, and Avenged. 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 EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 6074-6148 confidence: high
Helenor, surrounded by Latin ranks, rushes toward the densest weapons; Lycus tries to escape by the wall, but Turnus seizes him and tears him away with part of the wall.
Helenor, surrounded by enemy ranks, deliberately rushes where weapons are thickest.
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