Homer, Chapter 10: samenvatting

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1. Hector waits outside Troy, flees Achilles, and finally stands to fight after Minerva falsely appears as his brother.
2. Achilles kills Hector, rejects his plea for burial, and drags his corpse away while his family watches in anguish.
3. Patroclus' ghost requests burial and shared remains; Achilles conducts sacrifices, a funeral, and competitive games in his honor.
4. Achilles repeatedly drags Hector's body around Patroclus' mound, but Venus and Apollo protect it from decay.
5. Following divine instructions, Priam enters Achilles' tent with ransom and appeals to his feelings for his own father.
6. Achilles returns the body and grants a twelve-day truce; Troy mourns Hector, and Helen recalls his unfailing kindness.

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Priam accepts profound humiliation to recover Hector's body. His appeal shifts the encounter from vengeance toward pity and the shared pain of fathers.

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