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When the burial of Patroclus was ended, the gods held council about / Hector, for Achilles did despite to the body of Hector, dragging it / about the tomb of his friend, but the gods had pity on the dead man, / because in his life he had ever honoured them.
Then did Zeus send for Thetis, and when she was come to Olympus, he / said: "Get thee to the camp, and bid thy son give up Hector for / ransom, for I am wroth with him because he doth despite to the dead."