La morte di Patroclo

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Achilles refuses the comfort of his Greek comrades as he grieves over the dead body of his devoted attendant and friend, Patroclus, who was killed by the Trojans. The enormous size of Hamilton's painting conveys a sense of his ambition to depict episodes from Homer's 'Iliad' in an overpowering, epic mode. His heroic compositions were designed to convey the dramatic and emotional range of the epic poem, based on Alexander Pope's translation. • https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art... • Patroclus’ death was one of the most poignant and powerful scenes in the Iliad. It reveals the futility of mortals endeavoring to go against the gods and the price of reckless behavior. Recklessness and arrogance are recurring themes throughout the epic. Mortal men often show these failings while being conspired against by the gods, fate, and something Homer refers to often as “ruin.” • When Achilles learns of Patroclus’ death, he beats the ground, unleashing an unearthly cry that brought his mother, Thetis, from the sea to comfort him. Thetis finds Achilles lamenting the death of Patroclus, furious and grieving. She urges him to wait a single day to exact his revenge against Hector. • http://www.ancient-literature.com/dea...

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