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>>> It is night and there are twin funeral pyres, one for Solan and one for
>>> Hope. Ephiny is singing a funeral dirge.

>>
>> When I first watched this episode (and even now), I wasn't sure who the
>> second pyre was for - Hope or Kaleipus. I find it hard to believe that

> Xena

>> would allow a pyre, where the dead are honored and dirges sung for them,

> to

>> exist for Hope side-by-side with Solan's. She regards Hope as the evil one
>> responsible for the death of her son, so how could she possibly stand for
>> Hope having a pyre at this time and location? And I find it hard to

> believe

>> that the Amazons and Centaurs would go for it either, since Hope was a
>> threat to the children of their villages. It makes more sense that they
>> would have a pyre for Kaleipus, an honored member of their society. I ...