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The Names of Homeric Heroes
Language: en
Pages: 199
Authors: Nikoletta Kanavou
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-09-14 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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The purpose of this book is to contribute to the appreciation of the linguistic, literary and contextual value of Homeric personal names. This is an old topic,
The Names of Homeric Heroes
Language: en
Pages: 200
Authors: Nikoletta Kanavou
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-09-14 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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The purpose of this book is to contribute to the appreciation of the linguistic, literary and contextual value of Homeric personal names. This is an old topic,
Homer's Hero
Language: en
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Authors: Michelle M. Kundmueller
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-10-01 - Publisher: State University of New York Press

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Offering a new, Plato-inspired reading of the Iliad and the Odyssey, this book traces the divergent consequences of love of honor and love of one's own private
Verdicts of the learned concerning Virgil and Homer's Heroic Poems
Language: en
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The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours
Language: en
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Authors: Gregory Nagy
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-01-10 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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What does it mean to be a hero? The ancient Greeks who gave us Achilles and Odysseus had a very different understanding of the term than we do today. Based on t