The death and afterlife of Achilles

The death and afterlife of Achilles / Jonathan S. Burgess.

"Achilles' death - by an arrow shot through the vulnerable heel of the otherwise invincible mythic hero - was as well known in antiquity as the rest of the history of the Trojan War. However, this important event was not described directly in either of the great Homeric epics, the Iliad or...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burgess, Jonathan S., 1960-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Achilles > (Mythological character) in literature.
Homer. > Iliad.
Achilleus.
Iliad (Homer)
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Epic poetry, Greek
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • The early life of Achilles
  • The death of Achilles
  • The destiny of Achilles in the Iliad
  • Intertextuality and oral epic
  • The death of Achilles in the Iliad
  • Motif sequences in the Iliad
  • Burial and afterlife of Achilles
  • Tomb and cult of Achilles.

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