Epos: Word, Narrative and the Iliad |
Contents
the Language of Achilles | 50 |
Mortal Loss and Epic Compensation | 153 |
The Homeless Journey | 230 |
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absolute Achaians achievement Achilleus Adam Parry Agamemnon already articulation attempt Auerbach autika catalogue celebration certainty cited conception constructed context criticism dead death death of Achilles departure Derrida desire destruction discourse displacement drama dramatised echo epic narrative epic theatre Epithet in Homer epos father fighting final fixity formula gesture gifts Hektor hero hero's highlights Homeric epic Homeric scholarship Homeric studies honour Iliad Ilion immortal indefinite indeterminacy journey king kleos language of Achilles Lattimore London loss Milman Parry Mimesis mortal movement never Odysseus once orality Parry's passage past Patroklos Peleus Phoinix Phthia plan of Zeus poet poetry position possibility present Priam question realm recompense relation repetition reply retrieval sacking scene sēma sense shield ships significance silence simile simply space speaks speech story structure supplication tale telling tent of Achilles timeless Trojans Troy verse words Zeus