Wilson examines the nature of compensationransom and revengein the liad, offering a fundamentally new reading of the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles. She presents a detailed anthropology of compensation in Homer, located in the wider context of agonistic exchange, to demonstrate how the struggle over definitions is a central feature of elite competition for status in the zero-sum and fluid ranking system of Homeric society. The study thus asserts the integral role of compensation in the traditional, cultural and poetic matrix of this foundational epic.
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Ransom, Revenge, and Heroic Identity in the Iliad
Wilson examines the nature of compensationransom and revengein the liad, offering a fundamentally new reading of the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles. She presents a detailed anthropology of compensation in Homer, located in the wider context of agonistic exchange, to demonstrate how the struggle over definitions is a central feature of elite competition for status in the zero-sum and fluid ranking system of Homeric society. The study thus asserts the integral role of compensation in the traditional, cultural and poetic matrix of this foundational epic.
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Ransom, Revenge, and Heroic Identity in the Iliad
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ISBN-13: | 9780521032780 |
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Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Publication date: | 01/25/2007 |
Edition description: | Revised ed. |
Pages: | 252 |
Product dimensions: | 5.91(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.67(d) |
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