Epic Grief: Personal Laments in Homer's Iliad

Christos Tsagalis

Published by De Gruyter 2004

Epic Grief

Personal Laments in Homer's Iliad

Christos Tsagalis

Volume 70 in the series Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110896251

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About this book

This study of the gooi or personal laments in Homer´s Iliad once and for all articulates the poetic techniques regulating this type of speech. Going beyond the tendency to view lament as a repetitive and group-based activity, this work shows instead the primacy of the goos, a sub-genre which the Iliad has "produced" by absorbing the funerary genre of lament. Oral theory, narratology, semiotics, rhetorical analysis are deftly applied to explore the ways personal laments develop principal epic themes and unravel narrative threads weaving the thematical texture of the entire Iliad (and beyond): the wrath of Achilles, the deaths of Patroclus and Hector, the grief of Achilles and his future death, the foreshadowing of Troy´s destruction.

Winner of the Annual Award in Classics (2007) of the Academy of Athens.

Author / Editor information

Christos Tsagalis is a lecturer in Classics at the University of Athens, Greece.

Reviews

"L'ensemble s'articule en cinq chapitres, la conclusion et deux appendices et la rédaction élégante rend la lecture stimulante."
F.L. in: Gaia 10/2006

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	i
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Chapter 1. Reading Iliadic Lament Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2. The Typology of the Iliadic Γόοι Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
Chapter 3. Introductory and Closing Formulas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Chapter 4. Distance, Separation and Mors Immatura: Common Motifs in the Iliadic Personal Laments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Chapter 5. Intratextual Readings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
APPENDIX I. Privileged and Unprivileged Dead Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
APPENDIX II. Short obituaries in the Iliad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Indexes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Edition: Reprint 2012
Audience: Students, Scholars, Libraries, Academic Departments, Research Institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 231
Illustrations
- Tables: 2
Keywords: Homer; Klagerede; Ilias

eBook

Published: August 6, 2012
ISBN: 9783110896251

Hardcover

Published: June 24, 2004
ISBN: 9783110179446