This theme in Dante's poetry was noticed by a student of mine, Paola Tartakoff. And then, at times, the compartments are taken away and there you have the killing machine as a gentle lover instead. This kind of trope happens in opera, too. In Scroll 7, Hector proposes a duel and promises he will return the body of his victim, after he strips the armor, and says that the Greek victor should do the same. A good example is the myth of Oedipus at Colonus, as dramatized by Sophocles.
Later myths feature narratives about the transporting of Achaean bodies back to Hellenic soil.
Or of redirecting those powers. Compare the treatment of Hektor's corpse by Achilles. He wants to negate Hektor's potential for helping the Trojans after death. My teacher, Cedric Whitman, used to describe it to us in class as the feeling of utmost sacred horror. This way, Hektor looks just like Achilles.