sēma ‘tomb’

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Iliad 7.067–091

... 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

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 ... Continue reading

Iliad 24.014–018

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 ... Continue reading

Iliad 24.032–054

... 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