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1 online resource |
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Intro -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- The Characters' Triangular Desires -- The Plot(s) of the Iliad and This Book -- Narrative Desire -- Sympathetic and Empathetic Desires -- Pain, Pleasure, and Satisfaction -- 1. Triangles of Desire at the Iliad's Opening -- The First Triangle: Chryses, Chryseis, and Agamemnon -- Kalchas' Inflammatory Mediation -- The Second Triangle: Achilleus, Briseis, and Agamemnon -- Pothē for Achilleus -- Nestor's Ineffective Intervention -- 2. Achilleus' Plot and Divine Determination -- Achilleus' Narrative Agency -- Chryses' Paradigmatic Resolution -- Back to Achilleus-and Zeus -- A Third, Divine Triangle of Desire -- Hephaistos as Mediator -- Evaluating the Divine Resolution -- 3. The Superplot's Beginning -- From the Main Plot to the Superplot -- Why the Greek Army Fights -- The Desires of Menelaos and Paris -- Helen as Subject of Desire -- The Triangle of Helen, Paris, and Aphrodite -- Paris' Desire, Again -- 4. The Desire for War and Its Discontents -- The Divine Determinants of War -- Allegiance and Alignment with the Greeks -- Diomedes' Aristeia -- The Gods' Involvement in the Battle -- The Trojan Women's Desires -- Andromache's Proleptic Longing -- 5. The Renewal of Achilleus' Destructive Desires -- From the Superplot to the Main Plot -- The Embassy to Achilleus: Reconciliation or an Insult Revisited? -- The Revival and Modification of Achilleus' Desires -- Phoinix's Speech -- Achilleus' Obstinacy -- 6. The Oppositional Desires of Hera and Patroklos -- The Progression of Achilleus' Plot through Zeus's Will -- Hera's Plot -- The Deception of Zeus -- Zeus's Revised Will -- Patroklos' Challenge to Achilleus' Plot -- Patroklos' Aristeia -- 7. Achilleus' Mourning and Revenge -- Achilleus' New Triangular Desires |
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An Incomplete and Unsatisfactory Resolution -- The Queerness of Achilleus' Attachment to Patroklos -- Achilleus' Aristeia -- Achilleus Meets Hektor -- 8. Desire for Lamentation -- Priam's and Hekabe's Desires -- Andromache's Melancholic Mourning -- Achilleus' Persistent Mourning -- Approaching the End -- Resolutions of Desire -- Audience (Dis)satisfaction -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
The first study to examine desire in the 'Iliad' in a comprehensive way, explaining its relationship to the epic's narrative structure and audience reception. The author offers a new reading of the poem that shows how the characters' desires, especially those of mortal hero Achilleus and divine king Zeus, motivate plot and engage the audience |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed November 14, 2023) |
| Subject |
Homer. Iliad.
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| SUBJECT |
Iliad (Homer) fast |
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Desire in literature.
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Desire in literature
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Literature: history & criticism.
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Literature.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0191957399 |
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9780191957390 |
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9780192691668 |
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019269166X |
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