Ransom, revenge, and heroic identity in the Iliad

Ransom, revenge, and heroic identity in the Iliad / Donna F. Wilson.

Wilson offers a fundamentally new reading of the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilleus, presenting a detailed anthropology of compensation in Archaic Greece, and demonstrating how the struggle over definitions was a central feature of elite competition for status in the fluid ranking system of Hom...

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Main Author: Wilson, Donna F., 1953-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Homer. > Iliad.
Agamemnon, > King of Mycenae (Mythological character) > In literature.
Achilles > (Mythological character) > In literature.
Achilles > (Mythological character)
Agamemnon, > King of Mycenae (Mythological character)
Iliad (Homer)
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Trojan War > Literature and the war.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Revenge in literature.
Heroes in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Epic poetry, Greek
Heroes in literature
Identity (Psychology) in literature
Literature
Revenge in literature
Ilias (Homerus)
Compensatie.
Rolconflicten.
Hämnd i litteraturen.
Hjältar i litteraturen.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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