Motif
battle for possession of a hero's corpse
battle_for_possession_of_a_hero_s_corpse
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 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
Hector addresses the hosts, tells them to conquer or die, and promises equal honors, spoil, and fame to whoever wins and drags Patroclus to the Trojan train.
Both armies fight over Patroclus' body, Hector offers rewards for dragging it away, and Ajax summons Greeks to defend it.
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