J.K. Rowling has been cited as saying that she drew from Hector's, Achille's, and Patroclus' actions in The Illiad while writing the scene in which Harry Potter saves Cedric Digory's body. Rowling said that she was "really, really, really moved" when she read The Illiad at age 19 and that "the idea of the desecration of a body, a very ancient idea" was her focus when writing the scene.
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