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From: BRIAN ANDREW MICHAEL SHERIDAN <BRIAN.A.SHERIDAN@may.ie>
Subject: Iliad 23: a query
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"So let the same urn hold the bones of both of us, the golden two handled
jar which your honoured mother gave you."

Is anyone aware of the significance of having the bones of two people
placed in a single urn? Would it suggest a certain relationship between the
two?

Brian Sheridan,
N.U.I. Maynooth
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