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Descnibe hocAchilles mounned fo
Patoocwe..
Answee
The epte tnadihon'ofclassicad G'heahon
is not meney an aesthehc engcaqemen,
butalsoa philosophicalneflechon on
the counsgeo Kfe. IH has been shabed
that fe 3ajounney and not
destinahon Hente, in this fo Unn eyy
happinean d SoveHOw cune tntríns'cally
neláted to each othen ini sucha way
thatone is inseparahle fom the
otherr
the Book XIL of The Tiad'
Achille3, thebnave wanrion and the
leaderof the Mynmid ons comes Qcno9
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the qnave natune of ife, due to the

den th of his be loued comnade
death
Patnocws. He qets killed by Hlec horn,
the Tnojan poinceandthe Aehean3.
necove hie body fom the agaes'u
lnojaawanntors. Achi lesiorders
+he qory clot to be cleangtdi oFE
Room theconpse, and asks it to be
3 mearned ith ofl and drnaped in
a white G'inen cloth He beqing to
lament fon dhedeath of his tomnde, V
and his rgnief qickleytunns into
+helispinit ofvengeance, Thus, he
priomises to behead Hlechor iand
twese otherY LneËan wwanions
n oderrto honour he wnexpeched
death Æ Patneclws. Then galy he
woldpenfongi the fnenanihala
ofPatnoc w8. Healso guqgete that
ke Patooe, he would natibe
able to oe tupn to his home land,
ås teooible deathís awang
aunecened
as esell. The soilithat
thebloodofPabooclis wtUalso
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peceive the blood ofAchille..

The shaong bonding behweern Achilles

landPaihooclws hos temphed
and ceihcs tosuosest
auggeat is
poeta
aelahons hip. between them that
mone 4han mene foien dship, anising
the tie of comnadeship The
way
Achilles meunns fon Pa aocws,
has g'ven binth to a speculahiue
vieeo that suqgeshs Achilles to be

has been sup pooked by' Aeschyua

The
Plato, Pndanand- Aeschines.
amenhaioni has a baoaden Gterag
appealyas in The Bible'and 'he
Ep'c cf Gilgaesh', we come cADOR!
4he 8thuahon. The biblical
accountef David kamenhg,
Jonathan,iatd the
the death of Jonathan,
umelan wens'onof hilgamtsh
Eakiau,!
noianning ouen the conpse of Enkide
U3 to ithink of (kes
hos Achi
compels
mounned for Patrocw2
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hatanetheepid
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can fnd inBookxVofihes that
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thel iepisode
on the
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inohon of àn epic hat«s
abong
nannaive poem that n vo wes th
po
confiet betweea theibè8,
backkdnopfa nythicaf gefa
the
sgoldenage
and
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TheBookXiVIftlonmens;The
IuadopeH. the ntg
gon )of
sbesithAahiless,he
hehs,
and theleadeo lof the
ioarnlo
Hyn midons.
Despihebeing
he is nota6oue human
of a gaddess
agony
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Hes ffen due to the death o

closest foiend,Patoocwg The.
main ideabehindthisas An'g toHe
pos ity is to toeat an epie plet
inaccondante to a haagedyTheee
taagedey Thenefon
thephilasa phicad nafonaf deshny
shold be cleanley wisib(e in an
epieplet. Ahitles deer not ony
only
Lose-hiscomnadey but also knog
t uwellthat teroibledeaths
autaihng forhum ia the Iaefan
aain ypes pik
Land. Opes pite this, he is deteomined
auengethe deathofPabrocus
:and s notb afnaid to pen fonm
hi dutybdohilles bei ng a wig ilant
heroyd accepBsthateven deshng
+ato
has offers,his wey the epi'
celehnatesi the qnan deunof henoitn,!
and the bigs. fulhimate feanlesg
hess furthen,n thetechnical
gacund
henannahve of theiepisode begins
y pnging the Eadens into a cnuohl
sihuahon that is aoant of anelated
ehain of ieuente This
i8 veny prache
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Lof the medias esis apopulan

coavenhon of epik poe hay
Anothen inapor tant aS pectofthe
epíenannahve is the' in tenveabon
andopesahon of the disinerageny
Even has tbeen soqqested that the
Veny caose slbfthe Trlojani
lnofan lan
qannel betuween Athena
Aphrodctei and
and klersaoUern udho
henn ts the fairésh AEter
anmong
Paais chooses Aphpodète, Atheha cnd
Hes iplotsagtns ooy he
Book VILof thei epicntoaporaa
LSUch `upennatnal esients ria esell.
AEter 4hedeath oE Pabaoch hie
hecoonek a play thig on the
rconpse becoimes
Taojans heyCxploiE heonpse
Vteoato'vs henorsa
TheAdheanscouldnot Febehit b ack
to theio tents,as tlectontakes the
shield ofsA ahilles hom the dead
hody ofPanocs. BeráeFofian
moun, Achilles couldnot entero the atle
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keld. heocby, Hena sen ds Tais, hee

divine messehgen sto Achiles,in
ordep to gide hin she does
this.wtthouther husband, Zevs being
awane i as he Suppont the
inejan side as te Achilles
to the feld, nda ke htm self
w'sble to the Tnojans, and nean sith
anutnost i wiqoun, Ro that he aight
nnake the Troang shocked andahraid,
andin the eounse the conpse of
troal3 could be aafely necouened
LAchilleselows the diuhe instuchion.
and his poàp iqets ningled with the
divine uoice of Hena. Bing falghtened,
+he noíans escape in hicheven way
they ceald,iaad leave the
Paboocs, which the Acheang talae back
to then The To'ans nealise
Camp
that Achilles ha ne. entened the aan
aften a long intenval. Thus, Polydamasy
+heTnolan aduison ashy Hectn toh
nehacat back to the cik in onderY to mate
themselues gafe fo omm Achlles boutal quest
 fon vègeance. Foweven, the divtne
bpernahes in thi's egand
Athena ntenwenes and btaker
heTngjans deuotd of nahonal
thinking. Hence, Hecfon decides to keep
the atmy at the fronher and nepeat
the assalk yias the ipoeious day.
Jndeed, this veny decrsion pooues o be
due to it Aahilles hills
deadyos
Hech land the veny path to fhe
deshaochion pf noy qets laid.forthee.
|he son of Zeus, Hephaesthu, to\conshauct
the ged
of metallenqy and Sne, deci deg
ignandanmo un for nAchiles, affer
belng neqweatedby Theis. Achilles use
+heanmoun ayhsneo shield,and
pe-entens thebatHHe feld, ony inonden
o kil the aqhhy teckon, and flsl
hiHence,soeveng
all these neasons, the druine
for
Lintenienhon i8 an
an integradiandsgniicant
icomponent of the tptc nanaiue.