Motif
avenging defender kills the corpse-dragger
avenging_defender_kills_the_corpse_dragger
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.
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greek
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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 16721-16857 confidence: high
Hippothous, son of Lethus, drags Patroclus' corpse by the pierced ankles and bound feet; Ajax kills him, and he drops Patroclus' foot and falls beside the dead.
Hippothous drags the body by the feet; Ajax strikes and kills him, and he falls beside Patroclus.
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