Motif
Apparition of a dead companion requesting funerary action
apparition_of_a_dead_companion_requesting_funerary_action
A motif of the Heroic Funeral Rites and Memorialization family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 21072-21199 confidence: high
The shade of sad Patroclus appears or seems to appear before Achilles, resembling him in robe, stature, voice, and look, and addresses Achilles.
Patroclus appears to sleeping Achilles and asks him to perform burial rites and arrange the disposition of his bones and ashes.
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