Description: Further DetailsTitle: Homeric Variations on Lament by BriseisCondition: NewISBN-10: 0742522180EAN: 9780742522183ISBN: 9780742522183Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 05/21/2002Description: Casey Dué examines the figure of Briseis, the concubine of Achilles in theIliad, as an example of the traditional artistry enabled by a complex and self-contained oral poetic system. Briseis' lament for Patroclus inIliad 19 hints at her role in the larger epic tradition. Dué argues that Briseis' role in theIliad is enormously compressed, both in relation to theIliad and the entire tradition of the epic cycle. Through a close reading of Homeric passages, Homeric Variations on a Lament by Briseis shows how theIliad refers to expanded and alternative traditions about Briseis even while asserting its own version of her story. It seems likely that there were at least two variations on the story of Briseis, because of the two-fold pattern she fulfills in ancient references. In one variation she is a wife whose husband is killed by Achilles in the sack of his city; in another she is an unmarried girl, the daughter of a king, whose father is killed when Achilles captures her town. OurIliad alludes to multiple variations on these two basic themes.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 155mmItem Width: 15mmItem Weight: 322gAuthor: Casey DuéGenre: Literary CriticismBook Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary ApproachesRelease Year: 2002 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Homeric Variations on Lament by Briseis
Title: Homeric Variations on Lament by Briseis
ISBN-10: 0742522180
EAN: 9780742522183
ISBN: 9780742522183
Release Date: 05/21/2002
Release Year: 2002
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Book Title: Homeric Variations on Lament by Briseis
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Topic: Women Authors, Ancient & Classical
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2002
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism, Drama
Item Weight: 11.4 Oz
Author: Casey Dué
Item Length: 9.2 in
Book Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
