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Achilles: Paradigms of the War Hero from Homer to the Middle Ages

Deborah Nourse Lattimore

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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.

Pages: 356

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: May 01, 1987

Achilles: Paradigms of the War Hero from Homer to the Middle Ages

Deborah Nourse Lattimore

0/5 ( ratings)

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.

Pages: 356

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: May 01, 1987

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