... a one-on-one duel. Hector boasts that he will kill this fighter, still to be named, who will then be entombed inside a sēma ‘tomb’ overlooking the Hellespont, I.07.086, and thus Hecto ...
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The sēma ‘tomb’ that will be made for Patroklos is visualized as a tumulus.The sēma ‘tomb’ that will be made for Patroklos is visualized as a tumulus.The sēma ...
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In these four verses, there is a compressed narration of what Achilles does over and over again during a sleepless night. He harnesses his chariot and drives it around the tomb of ...
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... specially the violence of Achilles, and he points to the hero’s dragging the corpse of Hector, I.24.050–052, around the sēma ‘tomb’ of Patroklos, I.24.051. In this context of condemnin ...
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Iliad 7.067–091
Gregory Nagy... a one-on-one duel. Hector boasts that he will kill this fighter, still to be named, who will then be entombed inside a sēma ‘tomb’ overlooking the Hellespont, I.07.086, and thus Hecto ... Continue reading
Iliad 23.045
Gregory NagyThe sēma ‘tomb’ that will be made for Patroklos is visualized as a tumulus.The sēma ‘tomb’ that will be made for Patroklos is visualized as a tumulus.The sēma ... Continue reading
Iliad 24.014–018
Gregory NagyIn these four verses, there is a compressed narration of what Achilles does over and over again during a sleepless night. He harnesses his chariot and drives it around the tomb of ... Continue reading
Iliad 24.032–054
Gregory Nagy... specially the violence of Achilles, and he points to the hero’s dragging the corpse of Hector, I.24.050–052, around the sēma ‘tomb’ of Patroklos, I.24.051. In this context of condemnin ... Continue reading