Motif
mourning fast before renewed combat
mourning_fast_before_renewed_combat
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Mourning Ritual and Funerary Practice. 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 18478-18606 confidence: high
Achilles asks his friends to let him spend one abstemious day in grief until sunset; the Atreidae, Nestor, Idomeneus, Ulysses, and Phoenix cannot calm his grief and rage.
Achilles refuses food until sunset so he may devote one abstemious day to grief and anguish, despite pressure from leaders.
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