Greek word for fame, what is heard of a man after he passes. In the Catalog, the poet says that men only hear kleos and know nothing, and for that reason he invokes the Muses. The honor Achilles hopes for in his short life and the glory Hector wants to leave to those to come are kleos, and Andromache closes her lament for Hector with the same word, as she burns the garments that will not cover him.
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