Blame-expression in the Epic Tradition |
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abusive Achaeans Achilles action Aeneas Agamemnon aiskhrologia Ajax Alexander Alexander's cowardice ancient Greece Antilochus Aphrodite Apollo Astyanax Athena battle behavior blame-expression brother censure charges chariot Chryses command confrontation context contrast cultic death Demeter Demodocus demonstrates divine effect epic tradition epithet expression of blame factors fate form of blame form of blame-expression formulaic geloion goading goddess Greek Hector Hephaestus heroic Hesiod Homeric horses Hymn to Herm Idomeneus Iliad kata kosmon kholos marked Menelaus mocking moiran motivated Nagy narrative Nausicaa neikos Nestor non-corrective norms Odysseus offers Patroclus personal relationships Phaeacian physical punishment plot poetry praise Priam propriety psogos rebukes reflect reproach response retort role serious tone shame situation skeptron skill social convention speech suggests taunting Thersites threat tone and intent Trojan verbal and physical wrath Xanthus Zeus ἀλλ αὐτὸς γὰρ γε δὲ ἐν καὶ μὲν μή νῦν οἱ οὐ οὐκ περ σὺ τε καὶ τὸ τοι τὸν ὡς