Apotropaic. We find it, of course, in the Heroikos as well, in the story of Achilles requesting that a young Trojan girl be left on the beach for him, only to be torn apart limb from limb (56.10). I want to come back to my point of departure: why are laments so important in the cults of Melikertes and Achilles?

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Apotropaic. We find it, of course, in the Heroikos as well, in the story of Achilles requesting that a young Trojan girl be left on the beach for him, only to be torn apart limb from limb (56.10). I want to come back to my point of departure: why are laments so important in the cults of Melikertes and Achilles?

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apotropaic. We find it, of course, in the Heroikos as well, in the story of Achilles requesting that a young Trojan girl be left on the beach for him, only to be torn apart limb from limb (56.10). I want to come back to my point of departure: why are laments so important in the cults of Melikertes and Achilles?

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