Motif
Excessive grief leading to violation of human and divine norms
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A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Death from Grief. 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. / BOOK XXIV. / ARGUMENT. / THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR.; lines 22139-22276 confidence: high
After the games, the Greeks feast and sleep, but Achilles cannot sleep; he remembers Patroclus, their shared toils, journeys, and battles, and weeps restlessly.
Achilles' continuing rage over Patroclus leads him to drag Hector's corpse, and Apollo says he violates the laws of man and god.
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