The Funeral Games of Patroklos in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey

The funeral of Homer 's "Iliad" and "Odyssey" Patroclus is wasting a lot of people's lives and has been going on for a full 10 years, and Troy's Greek warrior took time and energy to hold a funeral I chose to spend. This series of events confuses the reader. Because it is not what people expect, and that seems very inappropriate. Through epic, Homer tries to describe what a man is and often contrasts it with immortal meaning. Homer uses the funeral of Patroclus to introduce important differences between human life and God's life.

15 Homer Odyssey 11.541-546; Homer Iliad 24.591-595. Patroklos is fully integrated with Hades as it is safely cremated and celebrated at the funeral; if the standard version of "rule" loses all consciousness after cremation, Patroklos knows what Achilles did If he should have learned that feeling. Rhodes supports this view based on Odyssey 11.221-2, that cremation is where the soul loses Φρένες and θύμος, and the transition from cremation to harvest in the Post Homer era brings new ideas of conscious existence I will. Sourvinou-Inwood, however, relies on recent archeology to keep track of differences in practice at different times and in different regions, and points out that "choice between cremation and harvest can become a soul" It is. Meaning "(Sourvinou-Inwood, 1981, p. 33; cp

Homer added his depiction of "Iliad" boxing in "Orly". However, it is not a funeral like Iliad, but "Fascian Game" which constitutes "Odyssey Eight" will be the background for that. At first, Odysseus did not want to participate in any sports due to that difficult journey (and the day of glory of Iriad Odysseus is far behind that behind him); however, he did not want to participate in any sports of Eurilus Reappearance Odysseus not only participated in the battle movement, but also emphasized victory. Later, Odysseus reviewed his previous reputation as a boxer and a wrestler, reaffirming the relationship between Homer's boxing and manhood and fame. Odysseus announced to the fascia mass collected: