The Best of the Achaeans: Concepts of the Hero in Archaic Greek PoetryDespite widespread interest in the Greek hero as a cult figure, little was written about the relationship between the cult practices and the portrayals of the hero in poetry. The first edition of The Best of the Achaeans bridged that gap, raising new questions about what could be known or conjectured about Greek heroes. In this revised edition, which features a new preface by the author, Gregory Nagy reconsiders his conclusions in the light of the subsequent debate and resumes his discussion of the special status of heroes in ancient Greek life and poetry. His book remains an engaging introduction both to the concept of the hero in Hellenic civilization and to the poetic forms through which the hero is defined: the Iliad and Odyssey in particular and archaic Greek poetry in general. |
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... suggests to me that the original force of epí in this collocation may indeed be directional . §13n5 . To continue with the inference that the collocation of aoidé ' song ' at line 200 with ep ' anthropous among humans ' at line 201 ...
... suggests that an embassy be sent to Achilles , bringing to him an offer of settlement from Agamemnon ( IX 93-113 ) . Agamemnon agrees and makes a lavish offer ( IX 114-161 ) , whereupon Nestor suggests that there be three emissaries ...
... suggests that the Horses of the Dawn at xxiii 246 had once been meta- phorical aspects of the Sun. As in the Rig - Veda , the Sun could have been called the bright horse of the Dawn - by such names as Phaé- thon or Lámpos . Once the ...
Contents
1 The Best of the Achaeans is intended for both nonspecialists | 1 |
form as well as the content of a wide variety of traditional media | 16 |
The First Song of Demodokos | 35 |
Copyright | |
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