Parallel Episodes

Cards (7)

  • There is an assembly in both book 1 and book 9
  • The argument in Book 1 where Agamemnon is in the wrong, the argument in book 9 where Achilles is now in the wrong
  • Hector talks to the three women in book 6 and the three women's lament for Hector (and the content of their speeches)
  • Hector kills Patroclus and is killed by Achilles
  • Hector's body is preserved by Apollo; Patroclus' body is preserved by Thetis
  • Hector and Patroclus both wear Achilles armour and are killed for it
  • Hector and Patroclus are both too bold and, it could be said, bring their own deaths upon themselves.