The Poetics of Consent: Collective Decision Making and the Iliad

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Page 303Index 1. Achaeans: decisions among, de iure/de facto distinction, 4, 65 ; distinguished from Trojans, 33–34, 38 , 133, 135 , 144, 243n37 , 263nn4, 9 ; point to external audience, 130, 204 2. Achaean society: Achilles’ isolation from, 75–78, 85 , 99– 100, 115, 128– 30, 253n49 ; hierarchy in, 93 ; norms of, 84–85, 194 ; not historical, 12. See also: “Homeric society” 3. Achilles: committed to transparency, 79–80, 254n60 ; death of, epainos of Trojans and, 142–43 ; as embodiment of philotēs, 70, 77–78, 85, 115, 177, 194, 251n24, 253n54 ; isolation of, 75–78, 85 , 99– 100, 115, 253n49 ; and language, 76–81, 253nn47 , 53, 254nn58 , 60 ; as narrator, 76–77 ; not reintegrated into Achaean society, 128–30 ; “two–fold dooms” of, 142–43. See also: shield of Achilles 4. Aeneas: confrontation with Achilles, 167–69, 171 ; as hero of independent tradition, 167, 265n15, 267n37 5. Agamben, Giorgio, 68–69, 250n14 , 251nn17–18, 252nn36–37, 44 6. Agamemnon: achieves provisional epainos, 109–13 ; autocratic and counterconsensual disposition of, 69–70, 90–92, 100, 220, 237n50, 251n22, 258n49 ; as dysfunctional leader, 33, 42–43, 111–13, 243n35 7. agorē (“assembly”): vs. boulē, 113–14, 116 , 124– 25, 255n4, 263nn4–5 ; as marker of deliberative context, 24 8. aineîn/ainos, 22 ; and apoina/poinē, 184, 190–92 ; as “praise,” 48–49, 53–56, 60–62, 190–92, 245nn2–3 , 247n30, 248n37 ; semantic range of, 57, 59–62 ; as socially constructive speech, 44, 47, 82–83, 122 ; Zeus’ appeal to, 159–60, 267n27 . See also: anainesthai; apēnēs 9. *ainesthai (“make an ainos”), 57–58, 62 , 184, 254n65 10. Aithiopis, 94, 205, 257nn29–30, 274n5. See also: Epic Cycle 11. akritos (“lacking a krisis”), 134, 263n6 12. Alcaeus, 8 ; fr. 348, 237n50 13. Alcidamas, 219, 279nn49–51, 280n56 14. *an-, root, 44, 57 –58, 184 15. anainesthai (“deny, refuse”), 44–47, 57–58, 122, 129–30, 183–84, 192, 244–45n46, 254nn65 , 68, 262n39 . See also: apenes 16. anomie, 69, 251n19, 273n58 17. apeirōn (“without limit, boundless”), points to present of performance, 17, 202–3, 274n63. See also: demōs apeirōn 18. apēnēs (“unyielding”), 44–47, 82–84, 193, 244–45n46, 248n51 , 249n52, 272n42 ; cognate with ainos, 82 ; cognate with anainesthai, 44, 57–58. See also: anainesthai 19. apoina (“compensation, ransom”), 70, 83 –85, 128, 177–79, 181–83, 190–92, 251n25, 254–55n74, 255n75 , 262n35, 268n4 , 269n13, 270n27 ; in Pindar, 190–91, 271n38 . See also: poinē 20. Apollo: in alternative Iliad proem, 155–56, 266n18 ; substitutes for Zeus as architect of plot, 155, 167 21. Apollodorus, 94, 256nn24, 27–28 22. Apologoi, 226–28 23. Apostolius Paroemiographus, 280nn56, 58 24. Archilochus: 174.1, 249n59 ; 185.1, 249n59 25. Aristarchus, 157, 162, 266n21, 267n30 26. Aristophanes, Frogs, 279n51 27. Page 304Aristophanes of Byzantium, 157, 266n21 28. Aristotle: Constitution of the Orkhomenians, 277n33 ; Peplos, 276n21 ; Politics, 1272b1–23, 246n19 29. Aristoxenos, fr. 91a, 155–56, 244n41 , 266nn18–19 30. Askalaphos, 209 31. Askra, destruction of, 213, 277n33 32. assembly(ies): in Book 9, 116 –19 ; contrasting arrangement of, 113–16, 133 ; final Achaean, 125–29, 261n31 ; initial Achaean, 63–64, 66 , 73 ; initial Olympian, 147–48 ; Olympian, in relation to Achaean, 163 ; Trojan, 134–37, 139–41, 263n9. See also: agorē; See also: boulē 33. Athena: doubles for Zeus as architect of plot, 165–66, 267nn34–35 ; in guise of herald, 97–98 ; negotiates with Zeus, 28–29, 161–62, 165–66, 242n26 ; prevents untraditional outcomes, 75, 92, 142, 170, 226, 281n7 ; substitutes for Hera, 165 ; threatens to withhold epainos, 152–53, 165 34. athetesis, 162 35. Austin, J. L., 14, 22 –23, 207, 238nn60–61, 240nn9–10, 275n14 1. Barker, Elton, 7–8, 67, 233n5, 234n7, 235nn24–26, 249n2, 250n13, 255n9, 257n39, 258n45 2. basilēes (“rulers, kings”): and dēmos, differentiation of, 92–94 ; epainos among, 113–14, 124 , 133, 144 , 210– 11, 215, 268n9 ; and laoi, differentiation of, 88 3. Benveniste, Émile, 51, 53, 245–46n11, 246nn14, 21, 246–47n25, 247n28, 249n55 4. biē (“force, might, compulsion”), 116, 121, 232, 259n14, 283n23 5. blame, 118, 260n19 ; complementarity with praise, 49, 51–52, 245n6, 246n24 ; Thersites’ speech of, 94–95 6. Blanc, Alain, 57–59, 244nn45–46, 248nn49–51, 249nn52, 54 –55, 57–58 7. Bolling, George, 225 8. boulē (“council”): vs. agorē, 113–14, 116 , 124– 25, 255n4, 263nn4–5 ; as marker of deliberative context, 24. See also: basilēes 9. boulē (“will”). Dios boulē 10. boulesthai (“wish; plot”), 155, 265–66n16, 266n17. See...