Motif
battle over fallen hero's body and armor
battle_over_fallen_hero_s_body_and_armor
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.
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greek
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The Iliad THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX. / BOOK XVI. / ARGUMENT / THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS; lines 15911-16050 confidence: high
Glaucus rallies Lycians and calls on Trojan leaders, naming Agenor, Polydamas, Aeneas, and Hector, urging them to save Sarpedon's remains from Greek rage and trophies.
Glaucus rallies allies to save Sarpedon's remains, while Patroclus urges Greeks to maintain the prize, strip the arms, and kill the Lycians around the dead.
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