In this Book
- Perfidy and Passion: Reintroducing the Iliad
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University of Wisconsin Press
summary
Homer’s Iliad is often considered a poem of blunt truthfulness, his characters’ motivation pleasingly simple. A closer look, however, reveals a complex interplay of characters who engage in an awful lot of lies. Beginning with Achilles, who hatches a secret plot to destroy his own people, Mark Buchan traces motifs of deception and betrayal throughout the poem. Homer’s heroes offer bluster, their passion linked to and explained by their lack of authenticity. Buchan reads Homer’s characters between the lies, showing how the plot is structured individual denial and what cannot be said.
Table of Contents
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- 2. Comedy and Class Struggle
- pp. 53-72
- 3. The Politics of Poetry
- pp. 73-93
- 4. The Poetry of Politics
- pp. 94-113
- 5. Couples: The Iliad on Intimacy
- pp. 114-129
- 6. Flirtations
- pp. 130-141
- 7. The Afterlife of Homer
- pp. 142-152
- References
- pp. 185-187
Additional Information
ISBN
9780299286330
Related ISBN(s)
9780299286347
MARC Record
OCLC
814694118
Pages
215
Launched on MUSE
2012-11-02
Language
English
Open Access
No