Patroklos is now gumnos ‘stripped’ of all his armor, ready to be killed. While he was still wearing the armor, he would have been been invulnerable. At a later point, after Hector has already taken possession of this armor and is now seen wearing it, I.17.194, the adjective ambrota ‘immortalizing’ is applied to these teukhea ‘arms’. This adjective ambroto- ‘immortalizing’ is applied to words that make the hero immune to death.