Motif
lament for fallen companion and endangered kin
lament_for_fallen_companion_and_endangered_kin
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Lament for the Fallen Warrior. 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 GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN. / BOOK XIX. / ARGUMENT. / THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON.; lines 18608-18748 confidence: high
Achilles laments Patroclus, says revenge is now his banquet, imagines Peleus and Neoptolemus, and recalls hoping Patroclus would care for his son and bring him to his paternal realm.
Achilles' speech links grief for Patroclus with imagined losses involving Peleus and Neoptolemus.
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