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Achaeans’ common barrow

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Achaeans’ common barrow
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The single common barrow built by the chosen Achaean bands.

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·Hypothetical

Nestor proposes a single common barrow raised from the plain beside the funeral pyre.

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“we will build a barrow that shall be raised from the plain for all in common”
·Direct

Chosen Achaean bands build one barrow raised in common for all beside the pyre.

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“chosen bands of the Achaeans were gathered round the pyre and built one barrow that was raised in common for all”

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“built one barrow that was raised in common for all”

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Book 7 · Passage 23

‘Son of Atreus, and other chieftains, inasmuch as many of the Achaeans are now dead, whose blood Mars has shed by the banks of the Scamander, and their souls have gone down to the house of Hades, it will be well when morning comes that we should cease fighting; we will then wheel our dead together with oxen and mules and burn them not far from the ships, that when we sail hence we may take the bones of our comrades home to their children. Hard by the funeral pyre we will build a barrow that shall be raised from the plain for all in common; near this let us set about building a high wall, to shelter ourselves and our ships, and let it have well-made gates that there may be a way through them for our chariots. Close outside we will dig a deep trench all round it to keep off both horse and foot, that the Trojan chieftains may not bear hard upon us.’