Motif
corpse-dragger punished at the body
corpse_dragger_punished_at_the_body
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Mirrored Retribution. 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 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
The Trojans briefly seize the slain; Ajax rallies the Greeks, attacks like a mountain boar, and Hippothous binds Patroclus' pierced ankles and drags the corpse through battle.
Hippothous drags Patroclus' body by bound feet and is immediately killed by Ajax, falling beside the corpse.
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