Motif
Battle for recovery or dishonor of a hero's corpse
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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 SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS. / BOOK XVIII. / ARGUMENT. / THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN.; lines 17544-17691 confidence: high
The Greeks are driven toward the Hellespont by Hector's force, and they have not yet carried Patroclus' body safely to the tents; Hector's rage is likened to flame through ripe corn.
Hector seeks to drag Patroclus' corpse to Troy and expose it, while Ajax and the Greeks defend it.
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