Pallas functions as Patroclus in the Aeneid's inverted Iliad analogy, giving Aeneas the memory-token that shifts him from pity into rage.
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Pallas
Pallas functions as Patroclus in the Aeneid's inverted Iliad analogy, giving Aeneas the memory-token that shifts him from pity into rage.
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Jiang accepts the student's premise that Aeneas's love for Pallas could appear to motivate Turnus's death, but he rejects vengeance as true love.
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"...at once he caught sight of the faithful sword belt of Pallas swept over Tarnas's shoulder, gleaming with shining studs, Aeneas knew by heart."
"Wait, sorry, Pallas, Pallas is the version of Patroclus. Remember how Patroclus died and that enraged Achilles. Well, Pallas is a friend of Aeneas..."
"...I mean, I think that is still because like he loved Pallas, his friend, who was killed by Ternus. So that's also kind of..."
"...point, okay? So, your point is, well, Aeneas loves his friend, Pallas. And as a result, it's his love for Pallas that drives Aeneas..."
"Young Pallas, whom Tarnas had overpowered, taken down with a wound, and now his shoulder flaunted his enemy's battle emblem like a trophy. Aeneas..."
"The bright -eyed goddess Pallas lost no time. Down she flashed from the peaks of Mount Olympus, quickly reached the ships and found Odysseus..."
"...loved both men and cared for both alike. Rearing behind him, Pallas sees his fury here. Only Achilles saw her, none of the other..."
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