Ransom, Revenge, and Heroic Identity in th...

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From beginning to end of the Iliad, Agamemnon and Achilleus are locked in a high-stakes struggle for dominance based on their efforts to impose competing definitions of loss incurred and the nature of compensation thereby owed. This typology of scenes involving apoina, or 'ransom' and poine, or 'revenge' is the basis of Donna Wilson's detailed anthropology of compensation in Homer, which she locates in the wider context of agonistic exchange. Wilson argues that a struggle over definitions is a central feature of elite competition for status in the zero-sum and fluid ranking system characteristic of Homeric society. This system can be used to explain why Achilleus refuses Agamemnon's 'compensation' in Book 9, as well as why and how the embassy tries to mask it. Ransom, Revenge, and Heroic Identity in the Iliad thus examines the traditional semantic, cultural and poetic matrix of which compensation is an integral part.

Zusammenfassung

Wilson examines the nature of compensation - ransom and revenge - in the Iliad, offering a reading of the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilleus. Presenting a detailed anthropology of compensation in Homer, she demonstrates how the struggle over definitions is a central feature of elite competition for status in the zero-sum and fluid ranking system of Homeric society. Ransom, Revenge, and Heroic Identity in the Iliad thus asserts the integral role of compensation in the traditional, cultural and poetic matrix of this foundational epic.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction: compensation and heroic identity; 1. Ransom and revenge: poetics and politics of compensation; 2. Agamemnon and Chryses: between king and father; 3. The quarrel: men who would be king; 4. The embassy to Achilleus: in the name of the father; 5. Achilleus and Priam: between king and father; 6. Unlimited poine: poetry as practice; Appendices; Notes; Abbreviations; References; Index of Homeric passages; General index.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2006
Genre:	Allgemeine Lexika , Importe
Rubrik:	Literaturwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780521032780
ISBN-10:	0521032784
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Wilson, Donna F. Donna F., Wilson
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Donna F. Wilson (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	25.01.2007
Gewicht:	0,415 kg