Perfidy and Passion : Reintroducing the Iliad /

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"Homer's Iliad is often considered a poem of blunt truthfulness, his characters' motivation pleasingly simple. A closer look, however, reveals a complex interplay of characters who engage in an awful lot of lies. Beginning with Achilles, who hatches a secret plot to destroy his own pe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Buchan, Mark, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison : The University of Wisconsin Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Homerus > ca. v8. Jh. > Ilias
Homer. > Iliad.
Iliad (Homer)
Epic poetry, Greek.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Poesie epique grecque > Histoire et critique.
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Riddles of identity in the Iliad
  • The tragedy of Achilles: the Iliad as a poem of betrayal
  • Comedy and class struggle
  • The politics of poetry
  • The poetry of politics
  • Couples: the Iliad on intimacy
  • Flirtations
  • The afterlife of homer
  • Conclusion: how to sum up the Iliad in a riddle.

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