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The Poetics of Failure in Ancient Greece
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Odysseus' failure and the opening of our Odyssey -- 2 Theseus, Peirithoos, and the poetics of a failed katabasis -- 3 Herakles and the limits of sanity -- 4 Whose fault is it? -- 5 Achilles,...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Milton
: Taylor & Francis Group
, 2020
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=6181955 |
| E-Book Packages: | ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection |
| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Odysseus' failure and the opening of our Odyssey -- 2 Theseus, Peirithoos, and the poetics of a failed katabasis -- 3 Herakles and the limits of sanity -- 4 Whose fault is it? -- 5 Achilles, Melikertes, and the perils of immersion -- 6 Who wants Tithonos' immortality? -- 7 On heroes and athletes in Homer -- 8 Winner takes all -- 9 Neither silver nor bronze -- 10 Collective aposiōpēsis and the failure of the Ionian revolt -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (215 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781317021063 |
