Thetis to a weeping Achilles in Book 1; "Do not keep your sorrow to yourself, but tell me so that we may share it", and then Achilles to a weeping Patroklos in Book 16 again, "Don't keep this secret to yourself, but share it with me" :,,,,,,,,,,,) Homeric epic's repetitions and re-utterances have the effect of singeing and re-singeing the words into place on my heart frrr











