| Toward the Characterization of Helen in Homer: Appellatives, Periphrastic Denominations, and Noun-Epithet Formulas Contributor(s): Edmunds, Lowell (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110626020 ISBN-13: 9783110626025 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $110.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.07 lbs) 183 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This monograph lays the groundwork for a new approach of the characterization of the Homeric Helen, focusing on how she is addressed and named in the Iliad and the Odyssey and especially on her epithets. Her social identity in Troy and in Sparta emerges in the words used to address and name her. Her epithets, most of them referring to her beauty or her kinship with Zeus and coming mainly from the narrator, make her the counterpart of the heroes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Edmunds, Lowell: - Lowell Edmunds, Rutgers, New Jersey, US. |