Achilles Paradigms of the War Hero from Homer to the Middle Ages
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The powerful portrait of the glorious Greek warrior Achilles presented in Homer's Iliad imbued a particular soldier with transcendent value, linking "soldier" with "hero" in Western culture. Tracing Achilles' appearances in the works of poets, generals, philosophers, priests, and patriots, Katherine Callen King establishes the moral or political significance attached to the hero as a response to shifting mores and contemporary issues.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780520074071 |
Publisher: | University of California Press |
Imprint: | University of California Press |
Pub date: | 01 Jul 1992 |
DEWEY: | 809.93351 |
DEWEY edition: | 20 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 335 |
Weight: | 544g |
Height: | 229mm |
Width: | 152mm |
Spine width: | 20mm |