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The Anger of Achilles: Menis in Greek Epic (Myth and Poetics) [Hardcover]

Leonard Muellner (Editor), Mary Beth Norton (Editor)

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Publication Date: July 1996 | Series: Myth and Poetics

Leonard Muellner’s goal is to restore the Greek word for the anger of Achilles, mênis, to its social, mythical, and poetic contexts. His point of departure is the anthropology of emotions. He believes that notions of anger vary between cultures and that the particular meaning of a word such as mênis needs to emerge from a close study of Greek epic. Mênis means more than an individual’s emotional response. On the basis of the epic exemplifications of the word, Muellner defines the term as a cosmic sanction against behavior that violates the most basic rules of human society. To understand the way mênis functions, Mueller stresses both the power and the danger that accrue to a person who violates such rules. Transgressive behavior has both a creative and a destructive aspect.

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Leonard Muellner is Professor of Classics at Brandeis University. He is the author of The Meaning of Homeric EYXOMAI through Its Formulas.

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Hardcover: 219 pages
Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr (July 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0801432308
ISBN-13: 978-0801432309
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1 inches
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Works and Days (Oxford University Press academic monograph reprints) by Hesiod on 4 pages
The Iliad: A Commentary: Volume 5, Books 17-20 by Mark W. Edwards in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
The Language of Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliad (Myth and Poetics) by Richard P. Martin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
RC Series Bundle: Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo (Routledge Classics) by Mary Douglas on page 26, and Back Matter
Epic Singers and Oral Tradition (Myth and Poetics) by Albert Bates Lord in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)

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