Motif
Warriors likened to destructive elements
warriors_likened_to_destructive_elements
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Warrior Imagery and Radiance. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
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 8275-8349 confidence: high
The passage compares Aeneas and Turnus to fires kindled in a dry forest and to foaming rivers rushing from high hills to the sea, then says their wrath surges and they rush upon wounds.
Aeneas and Turnus are compared to fires spreading through dry woodland and rivers rushing destructively from hills to the sea.
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