Motif
battle over a dead hero's body
battle_over_a_dead_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 16587-16719 confidence: high
Menelaus calls Patroclus slain for his cause and honor, considers leaving the corpse and arms, says he yields to heaven rather than Hector, wishes for Ajax, and recedes as Troy presses in.
The action centers on whether Patroclus' body will be abandoned, guarded, returned to Achilles, or dragged to Troy.
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