Motif
battle for the fallen hero's body
battle_for_the_fallen_hero_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 16721-16857 confidence: high
Hector addresses the hosts, says they came to fight for Troy's present and future race, and promises equal honors and spoil to whoever wins Patroclus' body.
Hector promises rewards for dragging Patroclus to the Trojan side; Ajax and the Greeks defend the body; the Trojans seize it; Hippothous drags it and is killed.
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