> [[alepidou]]. “Near-Eastern Echoes in *Iliad* XVI 33-35”. ## Versions > **Research Bulletin** > ⠀*CHS Research Bulletin* 7 (2019). > ⠀[nrs.harvard.edu](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hlnc.essay:AlepidouA.Near-Eastern_Echoes_in_Iliad_XVI_33-35.2019) > **Draft** > ⠀CHS: *Classics@*: First Drafts > ⠀[classics-at.chs.harvard.edu](https://classics-at.chs.harvard.edu/firstdraftsclassics/) / ⠀[pdf](https://chs.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fdrafts-alepidou.pdf) > **Published Article** > ⠀*Brill*, 2020. _Yearbook of Ancient Greek Epic Online_, _4_(1), 1-26. > ⠀[doi](https://doi.org/10.1163/24688487-00401001) ## Abstract > This article reexamines Patroclus’s famous comment on Achilles’s cruelty in which the sea and the rocks take up the role of the latter’s parents (_Iliad_ 16.33–35). The verses reflect Near Eastern myths about the birth of menacing creatures from the sea and the rocks and are particularly associated with the _Song of Hedammu_ and the _Song of Ullikummi_ of the Hurro-Hittite tradition. Thematic, mythological, and dictional parallels among these texts are discussed in order to explore the existence of a common theme with specific connotations in the broader region of West Asia. [[iliad]] [[kumarbi-cycle]] [[song-of-hedammu]] [[song-of-ullikummi]] [[narrative--born-from-rock]]