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2 timestamped hits 1 source reading 2 extracted notes Newest source: 2026-03-18, day precision Aliases: right, rights, suppliant-rights

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suppliant's right

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...Achilles never treated his enemy Priam so. No, he honored a suppliant's right. He blessed to betray my trust. He restored my Hector's bloodless..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...Achilles never treated his enemy Priam so. No, he honored a suppliant's right. He blessed to betray my trust. He restored my Hector's bloodless..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: The Poem That Poisoned Homer (2026-03-18, day precision).

Most connected source reading: The Poem That Poisoned Homer.

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suppliant's right

Glossary

The moral right Achilles honored in Homer and Pyrrhus violates in the Aeneid scene.

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evidence

Jiang reads Priam's speech to Pyrrhus as accusing him of degrading Achilles because Achilles honored the suppliant Priam and returned Hector's body.

Timestamped Evidence

The Poem That Poisoned Homer

2026-03-18, day precision · Great Books #7: The Anti-Homer

Transcript

"...Achilles never treated his enemy Priam so. No, he honored a suppliant's right. He blessed to betray my trust. He restored my Hector's bloodless..."

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