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Phthia

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Canonical name
Phthia
Disambiguator
None
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Location
Scope
Individual
Parent location
None
Editorial note
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Aliases

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Present entities

Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.

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AchillesCharacter1 observation
·Remembered

Achilles recalls being physically at home in Phthia.

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“Many a time was I minded when at home in Phthia to woo and wed a woman who would make me a suitable wife, and to enjoy the riches of my old father Peleus.”
PeleusCharacter2 observations
·Remembered

Phoenix recalls meeting King Peleus in Phthia, where Peleus welcomed him.

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“I then fled through Hellas till I came to fertile Phthia, mother of sheep, and to King Peleus, who made me welcome and treated me as a father treats an only son who will be heir to all his wealth.”
·Reported

Achilles says that his father Peleus is now in Phthia.

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“my father, who is now in Phthia weeping for the loss of me his son,”
PhoenixCharacter1 observation
·Remembered

Phoenix recalls arriving physically in Phthia during his flight.

See evidence text
“I then fled through Hellas till I came to fertile Phthia, mother of sheep, and to King Peleus, who made me welcome and treated me as a father treats an only son who will be heir to all his wealth.”

Claims

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·Remembered

Achilles remembers Phthia as rich in plains and harvests, remote from Troy across mountain and sounding sea.

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“nor cut down my harvests on the rich plains of Phthia; for between me and them there is a great space, both mountain and sounding sea.”
·Hypothetical

Achilles describes Phthia as home to possessions left behind and the destination for further spoil.

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“in three days I shall be in Phthia. I have much there that I left behind me when I came here to my sorrow, and I shall bring back still further store of gold, of red copper, of fair women, and of iron, my share of the spoils that we have taken”
·Remembered

Phoenix remembers reaching fertile Phthia, mother of sheep, where Peleus welcomed him.

See evidence text
“fertile Phthia, mother of sheep, and to King Peleus”

Additional evidence

Evidence records not already represented by a claim.

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·Direct
“the rich plains of Phthia”
·Direct
“Phthia”
·Hypothetical
“in three days I shall be in Phthia”
·Remembered
“sent you from Phthia to Agamemnon”
·Direct
“the men of Phthia”
·Remembered
“take me back with him to Phthia”

Passage preview

Book 1 · Passage 16

Achilles scowled at him and answered, ‘You are steeped in insolence and lust of gain. With what heart can any of the Achaeans do your bidding, either on foray or in open fighting? I came not warring here for any ill the Trojans had done me. I have no quarrel with them. They have not raided my cattle nor my horses, nor cut down my harvests on the rich plains of Phthia; for between me and them there is a great space, both mountain and sounding sea. We have followed you, Sir Insolence! for your pleasure, not ours—to gain satisfaction from the Trojans for your shameless self and for Menelaus. You forget this, and threaten to rob me of the prize for which I have toiled, and which the sons of the Achaeans have given me. Never when the Achaeans sack any rich city of the Trojans do I receive so good a prize as you do, though it is my hands that do the better part of the fighting. When the sharing comes, your share is far the largest, and I, forsooth, must go back to my ships, take what I can get and be thankful, when my labour of fighting is done. Now, therefore, I shall go back to Phthia; it will be much better for me to return home with my ships, for I will not stay here dishonoured to gather gold and substance for you.’