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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Wilson, Donna F., 1953- Ransom, revenge, and heroic identity in the Iliad. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2002 (OCoLC)606869987 |
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| Named Person: | Homer.; Homère.; Homerus. |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Donna F Wilson |
| ISBN: | 0521806607 9780521806602 |
| OCLC Number: | 46951516 |
| Description: | ix, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Donna F. Wilson. |
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Abstract:
"From beginning to end of the Iliad, Agamemnon and Achilleus are locked in a high-stakes struggle for dominance in which they attempt to impose competing definitions of rightful leadership, using competing definitions of loss incurred and the nature of the compensation owed. A typology of scenes involving apoina or "ransom" and poine or "revenge" is the basis of Donna Wilson's detailed anthropology of compensation in Homer, which she locates in the wider context of agonistic exchange."--BOOK JACKET.
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Related Subjects:(23)
- Homer. -- Iliad.
- Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism.
- Agamemnon (Greek mythology) in literature.
- Achilles (Greek mythology) in literature.
- Trojan War -- Literature and the war.
- Identity (Psychology) in literature.
- Revenge in literature.
- Heroes in literature.
- Homère. -- Iliade.
- Poésie épique grecque -- Histoire et critique.
- Agamemnon (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature.
- Achille (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature.
- Guerre de Troie -- Littérature et guerre.
- Identité (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
- Vengeance dans la littérature.
- Héros dans la littérature.
- Ilias (Homerus)
- Compensatie.
- Rolconflicten.
- Homerus.
- Ilias.
- Entschädigung.
- Rache <Motiv>

