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  2. Hector - Wikipedia

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    Achilles says a few words in victory and ties Hector's body by the heels to his chariot. He drags the body around the city of Troy, as the Trojans watch from the walls and lament, especially Andromache, Hector's wife. The desecration of Hector's body by Achilles is considered an affront to the gods and ultimately leads to Achilles' downfall.

  3. Achilles - Wikipedia

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    With the assistance of the god Hermes (Argeiphontes), Hector's father Priam goes to Achilles' tent to plead with Achilles for the return of Hector's body so that he can be buried. Achilles relents and promises a truce for the duration of the funeral, lasting 9 days with a burial on the 10th (in the tradition of Niobe's offspring). The poem ends ...

  4. Priam at the Feet of Achilles - Wikipedia

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    The subject is from the Iliad and shows Priam, who has entered the Greek camp to offer a ransom for his deceased son Hector's body. Achilles had been dragging the body of Hector behind his chariot as he circled the outer walls of Troy. The painting is a portrayal of the love of a father: in the painting Priam begs Achilles for the body of his ...

  5. Iliad - Wikipedia

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    Achilles is lost in his grief and spends his days mourning Patroclus and dragging Hector's body behind his chariot. Dismayed by Achilles's continued abuse of Hector's body, Zeus decides that it must be returned to Priam. Led by Hermes, Priam takes a wagon filled with gifts out of Troy, across the plains, and into the Achaean camp unnoticed. He ...

  6. House of Loreius Tiburtinus - Wikipedia

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    At the far east end, is the iconic scene of Achilles dragging Hector's body behind his chariot followed by images of Priam led by Hermes taking a wagon out of Troy and entering the Greek camp and a kneeling King Priam pleading with Achilles for the body of Hector.

  7. Narrative art - Wikipedia

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    You can show Achilles dragging Hector's body around the city of Troy without having to depict the walls of the city. Nonetheless, the idea that each action is limited to a specific place can still pertain, because the Trojan War did take place at Troy and Achilles did drag Hector's body around the city.

  8. Why Achilles tears are so devastating, and what's ahead for ...

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    The Achilles tendon connects the muscles in the back of the calf to the heel. Tears are usually painful and can affect a person's ability to walk. ... Your body in general, your muscles and ...

  9. Balius and Xanthus - Wikipedia

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    Achilles' comrade-in-arms Patroclus used to feed and groom these horses. In the Iliad, it was told how, when Patroclus was killed in battle, Xanthus and Balius stood motionless on the field of battle and wept. Late 19th-century fresco by Franz von Matsch (1861–1952) in the Aquileon: the chariot of Achilles drags the body of Hector.