“And King Priam, my father. He was a special case, and special to me. He crumbled. That was the word. King Priam crumbled as increasingly he was forced to flaunt his rank as king. He sat stiffly at the great celebrations in the hall court, in a seat which had been elevated beside and above Hecuba, and listened to the hymns in his praise.” (Pg. 100)

“And most ghastly of all was the figure of the king at the head of the procession, his decayed body draped in purple, being carried by four strong young men.” (Pg. 135)

Priam ransoms Hector's body from Achilles