Jiang's phrase for Priam's nonviolent conquest of Achilles through submission and grief.
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emotional duel
Jiang's phrase for Priam's nonviolent conquest of Achilles through submission and grief.
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Priam wins an emotional duel by submitting before Achilles, because his act destroys Achilles' pride and changes the destiny of the world.
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"knees and kisses his hands those terrible man -killing hands that had slaughtered Priam's many sons in battle so the king decides to kill..."
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