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achilles
ancient greece
ancient history
Author_Deborah Nourse Lattimore
Author_Katherine Callen King
Category=JBCC
classic scholars
classical literature
contemporary scholars
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generals
greco roman studies
greece scholars
greek culture
greek heroes
greek historians
greek soldiers
greek wars
hero concept
hero roles
heroic figures
homer
iliad
literary criticism
middle ages
moral history
mythology
patriotism
philosophers
poetry
political history
priests
soldier life
war heroes
western culture
western philosophy
Product details
- ISBN 9780520074071
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 07 Jan 1991
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The powerful portrait of the glorious Greek warrior Achilles presented in Homer's "Iliad" imbued a particular soldier with transcendent value, linking 'soldier' with 'hero' in Western culture. Tracing Achilles' appearances in the works of poets, generals, philosophers, priests, and patriots, Katherine Callen King establishes the moral or political significance attached to the hero as a response to shifting mores and contemporary issues.
Katherine Callen King is Associate Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles
