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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Marta González GonzálezPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9781138677012ISBN 10: 1138677019 Pages: 152 Publication Date: 05 January 2018 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Series foreword Acknowledgements List of illustrations Why Achilles? 1. Introducing Achilles A Mythological ""Biography""? Who is Achilles? Evidence for Achilles The Best of the Achaeans, Apollo’s Antagonist The Scope of this Book Brief overview of each chapter Key Themes 2. The Origins of The Trojan War, The Origin of Achilles Introduction The Origins of the Trojan War: Achilles and Helen The Birth and Childhood of Achilles Achilles’ Teachers Overview 3. A Men’s World: Achilles’ Emotions Introduction Emotions and scenarios of action Achilles’ anger as the Iliad’s leitmotif Achilles and Ajax. A shame culture The Myrmidons Overview 4. Achilles’ Sacrificial Victims Introduction Ambush, Pursuit and Sacrifice of Troilus Young Trojans on the Pyre of Patroclus The Hawk Chasing a Dove: The Death of Hector A Last Sacrifice in Honour of Achilles: Polyxena Overview 5. Gender And Sexuality Introduction Achilles on Skyros: Becoming a Man in Ancient Greece Achilles and Patroclus in Love? Tears of Heroes Sexual Violence on the Trojan Stage Overview 6. The Fury Subdued: To Forget, To Forgive Introduction Agamemnon’s guilt Kissing Achilles’ Hands Achilles with no Shadows Overview 7. The Death And Cult Of Achilles Introduction The Tradition of Achilles’ Death in the Epic. Echoes of the ""Homeric Question"" Achilles’ Heel, Achilles’ Ankle: the Death of the Hero Achilles in the Underworld. The Island of Leuke The Cults of Achilles. Archaeological and Literary Evidence Overview 8. Philosophical, Political and Ethical Debates Introduction Achilles and the tortoise Not life but a good life. Achilles as model for Socrates Healing anger Justice and revenge More hateful than the gates of Hades is the man who hides one thing in his heart and says another Overview 9. Achilles In Modern Literature In English Introduction When there was peace, before the coming of the sons of the Achaians (Il. 22.156) Never More Shall a Second Grief thus Reach my Heart (Il. 23.45–46) And laid his manslaughtering hands over the chest of his dear friend (Il. 23.18) And kissed the hands that had killed so many of his sons (Il. 24. 478–479) Overview Further reading Bibliography Index"ReviewsAchilles is a complex hero. His brief, brilliant life is sacrificed to avenge the death of his beloved friend. He is a consummate warrior, yet he is childlike in his rage; and outside the Homeric Iliad we learn that he was dressed as a girl to escape being sent to fight at Troy. Marta Gonzalez Gonzalez explores the many facets of this fascinating figure, deftly applying insights from modern theories, literary and psychological, to help bring him into focus. It is a pleasure to read. - Professor David Konstan, New York University, USA Achilles is a complex hero. His brief, brilliant life is sacrificed to avenge the death of his beloved friend. He is a consummate warrior, yet he is childlike in his rage; and outside the Homeric Iliad we learn that he was dressed as a girl to escape being sent to fight at Troy. Marta Gonzalez Gonzalez explores the many facets of this fascinating figure, deftly applying insights from modern theories, literary and psychological, to help bring him into focus. It is a pleasure to read. - Professor David Konstan, New York University, USA """Achilles is a complex hero. His brief, brilliant life is sacrificed to avenge the death of his beloved friend. He is a consummate warrior, yet he is childlike in his rage; and outside the Homeric Iliad we learn that he was dressed as a girl to escape being sent to fight at Troy. Marta González González explores the many facets of this fascinating figure, deftly applying insights from modern theories, literary and psychological, to help bring him into focus. It is a pleasure to read."" - David Konstan, New York University, USA ""[This volume] presents some provocative insights shedding new light on old problems. The most intriguing are drawn from recent theories of evolution and psychology concerning the emotions of anger and grief. Deeply moving are the observations of how Achilles’ grief over the death of Patroclus can be used for the modern psychological understanding of post-traumatic stress and survivor symptoms in Vietnam veterans (pp. 114-5)."" - Susan Woodford, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018" Author InformationMarta González González is Profesora Titular of Greek Philology at Málaga University (Spain). Her main research interests are Greek literature (particularly tragedy), Greek religion, and epigraphy. She is the author of a monograph on the Greek epigrammatist Nossis of Locri (2006) and of a co-authored book, with Ana Iriarte, Entre Ares y Afrodita. Violencia del erotismo y erótica de la violencia en la Grecia Antigua (2008, reprinted, 2010). Her most recent publications include articles on Greek religious vocabulary of funerary inscriptions. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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