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Zusatztext "Achilles is a complex hero. His brief! brilliant life is sacrificed to avenge the death of his beloved friend. He is a consummate warrior! yet he is childlike in his rage; and outside the Homeric Iliad we learn that he was dressed as a girl to escape being sent to fight at Troy. Marta González González explores the many facets of this fascinating figure! deftly applying insights from modern theories! literary and psychological! to help bring him into focus. It is a pleasure to read."- David Konstan! New York University! USA"[This volume] presents some provocative insights shedding new light on old problems. The most intriguing are drawn from recent theories of evolution and psychology concerning the emotions of anger and grief. Deeply moving are the observations of how Achilles' grief over the death of Patroclus can be used for the modern psychological understanding of post-traumatic stress and survivor symptoms in Vietnam veterans (pp. 114-5)."- Susan Woodford! Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018 Informationen zum Autor Marta González González is Profesora Titular of Greek Philology at Málaga University (Spain). Her main research interests are Greek literature (particularly tragedy)! Greek religion! and epigraphy. She is the author of a monograph on the Greek epigrammatist Nossis of Locri (2006) and of a co-authored book! with Ana Iriarte! Entre Ares y Afrodita. Violencia del erotismo y erótica de la violencia en la Grecia Antigua (2008! reprinted! 2010). Her most recent publications include articles on Greek religious vocabulary of funerary inscriptions. Zusammenfassung Achilles presents the episodes in the life of this hero in chronological order, based primarily on the Greek sources. This study also employs the hero Achilles to reflect on various issues: what it meant to become a man in ancient Greece, what a hero’s aretê consisted of, and how they developed their ideas about the afterlife and hero cult. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series foreword Acknowledgements List of illustrations Why Achilles? 1. Introducing Achilles A Mythological "Biography"? Who is Achilles? Evidence for Achilles The Best of the Achaeans, Apollo’s Antagonist The Scope of this Book Brief overview of each chapter Key Themes 2. The Origins of The Trojan War, The Origin of Achilles Introduction The Origins of the Trojan War: Achilles and Helen The Birth and Childhood of Achilles Achilles’ Teachers Overview 3. A Men’s World: Achilles’ Emotions Introduction Emotions and scenarios of action Achilles’ anger as the Iliad ’s leitmotif Achilles and Ajax. A shame culture The Myrmidons Overview 4. Achilles’ Sacrificial Victims Introduction Ambush, Pursuit and Sacrifice of Troilus Young Trojans on the Pyre of Patroclus The Hawk Chasing a Dove: The Death of Hector A Last Sacrifice in Honour of Achilles: Polyxena Overview 5. Gender And Sexuality Introduction Achilles on Skyros: Becoming a Man in Ancient Greece Achilles and Patroclus in Love? Tears of Heroes Sexual Violence on the Trojan Stage Overview 6. The Fury Subdued: To Forget, To Forgive Introduction Agamemnon’s guilt Kissing Achilles’ Hands Achilles with no Shadows Overview 7. The Death And Cult Of Achilles Introduction The Tradition of Achilles’ Death in the Epic. Echoes of the "Homeric Question" Achilles’ Heel, Achilles’ Ankle: the Death of the Hero Achilles in the Underworld. The Island of Leuke The Cults of Achilles. Archaeological and Literary Evidence Overview 8. Philosophical, Political and Ethical Debates Introduction Achilles and the tortoise Not life but a good life. Achilles as model for Socrates ...
