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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Gregory Nagy, Rig Veda, The Anger of Achilles, Cedric Whitman, Laura Slatkin, Mary Douglas, Old Avestan, Richard Martin, Zeus Xenios, Calvert Watkins, Jack Built, Learning Metonymically New!
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- Works and Days (Oxford University Press academic monograph reprints) by Hesiod on 4 pages
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- 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)
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- Epic Singers and Oral Tradition (Myth and Poetics) by Albert Bates Lord in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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