Motif
delayed purification until funeral duty is complete
delayed_purification_until_funeral_duty_is_complete
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Purification and Pollution. 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 DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 20969-21070 confidence: medium
Argive monarchs bring Achilles to the royal tent; heralds prepare a tripod-vase and urge him to cleanse his bloodied hands, but he swears no water will touch him until he places Patroclus on the pyre, raises the mound, and cuts his sacred hair.
Achilles refuses to wash blood from his hands until he has placed Patroclus on the pyre, raised the mound, and cut his hair.
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