Discusses Greek poetic traditions, analyzes the themes of the Iliad, and looks at the portrayal of Achilles, Hektor, and the gods.
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A story for each listener/reader,
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This review is from: The Mortal Hero: An Introduction to Homer's Iliad (Paperback)
In this book, Schein reviews the standard literature of the Iliad. He provides a structure for understanding the work. Beginning with the original performers and listeners, what stories they would have know, how this tale is different from the normal hero tales they were use to, and how those differences are important to the tale. Another axis is how Troy was destined to lose, and at the same time, Hector is shown as the more moral of the leading fighters in the epic. You can see the listeners hearing what they want from the story: a simple story of how their side won a long war, how their favorite warriors were braver than anyone else during some phase of the battles, how it would have all been different if the gods had not intervened, how it only turned out right because the gods intervened. And then also listeners who were listening for something more, also heard about `good things happening to bad people', and then even more that the bad people were in circumstances in which there were no other options, and how these people accepted their undeserved fates or railed against them.
5 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
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a mix of linguistic, thematic and character chapters,
By John de la Cruz (San Mateo, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Mortal Hero: An Introduction to Homer's Iliad (Paperback)
This book has 6 chapters : 1. The Poetic Tradition. 2. The Gods. 3. War, Death and Heroism. 4. Achilles: One. 5. Achilles: Two. 6. Hektor and Troy. I have found the 1st chapter on the oral poetry formulas clear and helpful. A diagram of the structure of the Iliad might have been helpful.
1 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
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The Mortal Hero,
This review is from: The Mortal Hero: An Introduction to Homer's Iliad (Paperback)
I read the Iliad and thought that this book would be useful but it was not extremely useful and the book didn't come during the time it was supposed to come. The book was brand new and in perfect condition, which it should have been anyways.
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The Iliad is read today as the earliest example of Western literature, the first work in a long tradition of heroic narrative. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
metrical sequence, oral poetic tradition, formulaic style, traditional mythology, triumphant power, imperishable glory, mortal limits, heroic values, battle description, wretched mortals, ring composition, hero cults Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Best of the Achaeans, Trojan War, Homeric Researches, Epic Cycle, Language of Achilles, Restored Relation, Aspects of Death, Bronze Age, Homeric Question, Telamonian Ajax, Ann Arbor, Classical Philology, Concepts of the Hero, Have We Homer's Iliad, Hermes Einzelschriften, Journal of Hellenic Studies, Making of Homeric Verse, Oral Art of Homer, The Tempest, Transactions of the American Philological Association, Mnemosyne Supplements New!
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The Iliad is read today as the earliest example of Western literature, the first work in a long tradition of heroic narrative. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
metrical sequence, oral poetic tradition, formulaic style, traditional mythology, triumphant power, imperishable glory, mortal limits, heroic values, battle description, wretched mortals, ring composition, hero cults Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Best of the Achaeans, Trojan War, Homeric Researches, Epic Cycle, Language of Achilles, Restored Relation, Aspects of Death, Bronze Age, Homeric Question, Telamonian Ajax, Ann Arbor, Classical Philology, Concepts of the Hero, Have We Homer's Iliad, Hermes Einzelschriften, Journal of Hellenic Studies, Making of Homeric Verse, Oral Art of Homer, The Tempest, Transactions of the American Philological Association, Mnemosyne Supplements New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Iliad and Odyssey by Homer on 8 pages
- Story of the Iliad by E. T. Owen on 8 pages
- HOMERIC RESEARCHES (Ancient Greek Literature) by Kakridis on 7 pages
- Spontaneity and Tradition: A Study in the Oral Art of Homer by Michael N. Nagler on 5 pages
- The Best of the Achaeans: Concepts of the Hero in Archaic Greek Poetry by Gregory Nagy on 4 pages
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