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Homer provides few universal rights for human beings, but one that emerges in the Iliad is the expectation of proper burial, lamentation, and memorial.
The γέρας…θανόντων (Geras thanontôn).
Literally, something like the "honor prize of the dead"
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The γέρας…θανόντων (Geras thanontôn).
Literally, something like the "honor prize of the dead"
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γέρας (geras) is charged in the Iliad. The whole conflict between Agamemnon and Achilles starts when Agamemnon deprives Achilles of Briseis, his γέρας (geras), which is a token of the honor (timê) he has in his community.
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But as Achilles finds out, physical tokens are essentially meaningless when you're going to die anyway.
He insists "let us mourn Patroklos, for that is the geras of the dead" (Πάτροκλον κλαίωμεν· ὃ γὰρ γέρας ἐστὶ θανόντων) at the beginning of book 23.
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He insists "let us mourn Patroklos, for that is the geras of the dead" (Πάτροκλον κλαίωμεν· ὃ γὰρ γέρας ἐστὶ θανόντων) at the beginning of book 23.
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