The poetics of failure in ancient Greece / Stamatia Dova.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dova, Stamatia, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homer--Criticism and interpretation.

Homer.

Greek literature--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrations

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2020]

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Stamatia Dova is Professor of Classics at Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, Massachusetts and Associate in Hellenic Language and Literature at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. Her publications include Greek Heroes in and out of Hades (Lexington Books, 2012).

Contents:

Odysseus' Failure and the Opening of our Odyssey

Theseus, Peirithoos, and the Poetics of a Failed katabasis

Herakles and the Limits of Sanity

Whose Fault is it?

Achilles, Melikertes, and the Perils of Immersion

Who Wants Tithonos' Immortality?

On Heroes and Athletes in Homer

Winner takes all

Neither Silver nor Bronze

Collective aposiōpēsis and the Failure of the Ionian Revolt.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 04, 2020).

Other Format:

Print version: Dova, Stamatia. The poetics of failure in ancient Greece

ISBN:

9781317021056

1317021053

9781315554587

1315554585

9781317021070

131702107X

9781317021063

1317021061

Publisher Number:

99984749506

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.