Motif
young warrior cut down like a tree
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A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Grief Imagery and Song. 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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The Iliad THE DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS. / BOOK IV. / ARGUMENT. / THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE.; lines 5358-5482 confidence: high
Ajax kills young Simoisius, whose birth near the Simois is recalled; his fall is compared to a poplar cut down in watery ground and left to weather.
Simoisius' youth, birth, and death are recounted, and his fall is compared to a poplar cut down and left to wither.
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