The Iliad - the Poem of Zeus / Pietro Pucci.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pucci, Pietro, author.

Series:

Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; Volume 66.

Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes ; 66

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Achilles (Mythological character).

Achilles.

Epic poetry, Greek.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The scholarly tendency has too often weakened the conspicuous novelty and originality that characterizes Zeus in the Iliad. This book remedies that tendency and depicts the extraordinary figure of Zeus: lord (or impersonation) of lightning and thunders, exclusive master of human destiny --and therefore of human history-and chief of Olympus. This unique personality endowed with polyvalent powers represents itself the conflict between superhuman moral indifference for mortal destiny and anthropomorphic feelings for human beings: he both preordains the death of his son and weeps on his demise. Zeus embodies the Mysterium tremendum. This new Zeus cannot glance at the past image that the tradition painted of him without smiling at its simplicity and disrespect: a parodic or amusing tone surrounds him as he refers or is referred to aspects of his traditional image. The great characters of the Poem give two wise responses to Zeus, lord of destiny: "heroic death" or serene acceptance. We, the readers, are expected to react in the same way.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Appendix 1. δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς. The Notion of Divine as Applied to the Heroes

Appendix 2. The Muses and the Poet

Bibliography

Index of Rhetorical and Critical Notions

Index Locorum

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Sep 2018)

ISBN:

9783110601541

3110601540

9783110602456

3110602458

OCLC:

1054882055