Motif
wronged husband traps adulterous lovers in an invisible net
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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Hidden Wrongdoing Exposed. 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 Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6212-6279 confidence: high
The Sun reports Venus and Mars’s adultery to Vulcan; Vulcan makes nearly invisible brass chains, nets, and meshes around the bed, catching the lovers in their embrace.
Vulcan makes unseen brass chains, nets, and meshes around the bed and catches Venus and Mars in their embraces.
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