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Polia's Torch Extinguished in Altar-fountain

NARRATIVE n8r · p.207
Polia's Torch Extinguished in Altar-fountain
From the 1499 Aldine first edition (University of Seville copy, via Internet Archive)

Ceremony scene: Polia extinguishes a torch in the fountain at the altar. Priestess and attendants present.

In the Narrative

Polia's torch-extinguishing symbolizes the surrender of Diana's chastity to Venus's love.

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