(February 27, 2019 at 10:04 am)Der/die AtheistIn Wrote:(February 27, 2019 at 9:56 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Hard to define, but a pretty good example can be found in the 24th chapter of 'The Iliad'.
Boru
What do you mean more exactly? Is it when Achilles gives Hector's body back to his family? Did he truly forgive, or did he thiought that there is no use in keeping the dead body? Maybe he did feel sorry for his friends and family, but does this mean he forgave them?
I was actually thinking more about Priam's coming to Achilles, kneeling before him and kissing his hands. In the context of Achilles' rage, I really didn't see Priam as begging for his son's body (although he was definitely pleading for it), but he was forgiving Achilles for butchering and humiliating Hector over what was an honest mistake (the death of Patroclus).
Boru
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