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ship that had brought Protesilaus to Troy

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ship that had brought Protesilaus to Troy
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Editorial note
The independently referable ship whose stern Hector seizes and around which the sustained close fight centres.

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Location presence

Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.

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Troy1 observation
·Direct

The ship had previously carried Protesilaus to Troy.

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“the good ship that had brought Protesilaus to Troy, but never bore him back”

Claims

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·Direct

The good ship brought Protesilaus to Troy but never carried him back to his native land.

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“the good ship that had brought Protesilaus to Troy, but never bore him back to his native land”
·Direct

The Trojans throw fire upon Protesilaus’s ship, which is immediately wrapped in flame.

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“the Trojans flung fire upon the ship which was at once wrapped in flame.”
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Protesilaus’s ship is left lying half-burnt after Patroclus quenches its fire.

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“leaving the halfburnt ship to lie where it was”

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·Direct
“the two fought fiercely about the same ship”
·Direct
“the good ship that had brought Protesilaus to Troy, but never bore him back to his native land. Round this ship there raged a close hand-to-hand fight between Danaans and Trojans.”
·Direct
“the ship which was at once wrapped in flame”
·Direct
“ship of Protesilaus”

Passage preview

Book 15 · Passage 34

Hector made straight for Ajax, and the two fought fiercely about the same ship. Hector could not force Ajax back and fire the ship, nor yet could Ajax drive Hector from the spot to which heaven had brought him.