Motif
battle for the fallen companion's body
battle_for_the_fallen_companion_s_body
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 16587-16719 confidence: high
Menelaus debates whether to abandon Patroclus' remains, saying he yields not to Hector but to heaven, and wishes Ajax were within hearing so they could still fight for what remains of Patroclus.
The passage centers on whether Patroclus' body will be abandoned, defended, seized, or restored to Achilles.
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