Motif
Public lamentation over slain warrior
public_lamentation_over_slain_warrior
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXII. / ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR.; lines 20224-20361 confidence: high
The argument summarizes the book: Hector remains outside Troy; Minerva aids Achilles by taking Deiphobus’s shape; Hector is slain; Achilles drags the body; Priam, Hecuba, and Andromache lament.
The argument states that Priam, Hecuba, and Andromache lament after seeing or learning of Hector’s death.
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