The Iliad: A Commentary, Volumul 6,Cărțile 21-24

action actually adds Aeschylus Agamemnon Aias Akhilleus already ancient Antilokhos Apollo appears Aristarchus Arn/A Athene battle beginning body burial called Chantraine chariot close comes common compared contest contrast criticism dead death described detailed Diomedes discussion divine early echoes effect elsewhere emphatic epic episode epithet especially example expression fact fate fight final followed funeral given gives gods Greek ground hands Hektor Hermes Homer horses Iliad killed lament later leads Leaf means Menelaos mentioned motif natural object occurs Odysseus offer once opening original parallel passage Patroklos perhaps period phrase poem poet poetry possible presumably Priam prize probably reason recurs reference resembles says scene seems sense shows similar simile speech structure suggests surely theme Thetis tradition Trojans Troy unusual usually variant verb verse whereas whole Zeus δε τε