The Heart of Achilles: Characterization and Personal Ethics in the Iliad
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The Heart of Achilles: Characterization and Personal Ethics in the Iliad
Book Details
- Author
- Graham Zanker
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Criticism & Theory
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780472084005
- ISBN-10
- 0472084003
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ISBN: 0472084003
Author: Zanker, Graham
Condition: New
In The Heart of Achilles, Graham Zanker addresses the task of reconstructing the ethical thought-world in which the characters of the Iliad live and move. It is only against this background, Zanker argues, that we can convincingly place the ethical status of the heroes and their actions. This in turn helps us to form a comprehensive view of the Iliad'scharacterization of its people, especially that of Achilles, by examining all his responses to the question of allegiance, the value of heroic prowess, and of life itself."[Zanker] investigates altruistic behavior in the epic with professional sophistication but in a way that makes his investigation available to a wide audience from undergraduates to advanced scholars. . . . [A] very useful interpretative study." --ChoiceGraham Zanker is Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
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