Iliad

The Iliad, Book 24

how is achilles still exacting his rage upon hector? what is one of the god’s responses to achilles’s actions?

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Achilles continues to abuse Hector's body, even after he is dead. Apollo is appalled by Achilles disrespect of Hector's body and appeals to Zeus to have Thetis visit her son and tell him to accept Priam's offer and return Hector's body to his father.

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