Motif
Battle over the body and armor of a fallen warrior
battle_over_the_body_and_armor_of_a_fallen_warrior
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 ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 12676-12812 confidence: high
Hector throws at Teucer, misses, and kills Amphimachus of Neptune's line; Hector attempts to take the helmet, Ajax repulses him, and the Greeks recover the slain.
After Amphimachus and Imbrius fall, opposing warriors try to seize helmets, arms, and bodies, and the Greeks carry off or strip the slain.
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