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what do you MEAN that when achilles falls to the ground grieving for patroclus, the verb describing him lying there is otherwise only ever used in the iliad to describe dead bodies!! how dare you tell me the text itself may imply that achilles, or at least his human side, is already dead when he returns to battle!

#do you ever learn a thing and go 'oh that's incredible. i need to chew my skin off now'#the flame-capped force of revenge who doesn't need to eat or drink or sleep or show mercy!#in his bright divine armor that hurts to look at with mortal eyes! the warrior of fire who can only be slowed down by an actual river god!#the phrase 'at once superhuman and subhuman' has been rotating in my head for months #AGHHH #tagamemnon #achilles

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