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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Alexander C. Loney (Associate Professor of Classical Languages, Associate Professor of Classical Languages, Wheaton College)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.90cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 16.00cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780190909673ISBN 10: 0190909676 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 21 February 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1 The Archaic Context of Vengeance 2 Vengeance in the Odyssey: Tisis As Narrative 3 Three Narratives of Divine Vengeance 4 Odysseus' Terrifying Revenge 5 The Multiple Meanings of Odysseus' Triumphs 6 The End of the Odyssey Bibliography Index Locorum General IndexReviewsLoney has written an important book that examines tisis (revenge) in the Odyssey demonstrating how this theme shapes and is shaped by the narrative.... Loney's book will no doubt become a work of reference in future discussions not only of the theme of revenge but also of the ethics and ideology of the Odyssey. The author is to be congratulated for providing the field with such an important study. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review * Author InformationAlexander C. Loney is Associate Professor of Classical Languages at Wheaton College. Previously, he was an American Council of Learned Societies New Faculty Fellow in Classics and a fellow of the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale University. He has written on Homer, Hesiod, and Greek lyric poetry. He is co-editor (with Stephen Scully) of the Oxford Handbook of Hesiod. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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