Motif
youth cut down like an uprooted tree
youth_cut_down_like_an_uprooted_tree
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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The Iliad THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 16454-16585 confidence: medium
Euphorbus' golden hair is defiled with dust and blood. He is compared to a young olive by fountains uprooted by a heavenly whirlwind. Menelaus strips his arms, and the Trojans flee.
The passage compares beautiful young Euphorbus after death to a young olive uprooted and withered by a whirlwind from heaven.
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