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The Pity of Achilles

Oral Style and the Unity of the Iliad
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An examination of how the major themes of the "Iliad" -Achilleus' "wrath", heroic values such as honour and glory, and human mortality and suffering, to mention the most widely recognized - are connected to each other in a way that reveals the poem's structural coherence and unity. The author asks whether Achilleus' pity towards Priam at the poem's close is, as is widely believed, a poetic "deus ex machina". In other words, is the conception of Achilleus' pity an expression of a "later" and "more civilized" era, as a way of "correcting" the warlike savagery that is an undeniable and significant part of the poem? She concludes, rather, that Achilleus' final reconciliation with the old king of Troy - his "enemy" according to the warrior ethos in the "Iliad" - represents the integral and ultimate resolution of the theme of Achilleus' "wrath" that is announced in the poem's opening lines.

Author Biography:

Jinyo Kim is Assistant Professor of Classics at Queens College, City University of New York.
Release date NZ
November 15th, 2000
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  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Pages
224
Dimensions
149x228x12
ISBN-13
9780847686216
Product ID
5868732

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