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[467] Ἀχιλῆος. The friendship of these heroes is resumed in the underworld. Patroclus is the dearest comrade of Achilles, and cp. Il.23. 555μείδησεν δὲ ποδάρκης δῖος Ἀχιλλεὺς

χαίρων Ἀντιλόχῳ, ὅτι οἱ φίλος ἦεν ἑταῖρος”. See also Od.4. 187; 24.78. No allusion is made in this second scene to the drinking of the blood by the shades.

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