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Laura Slatkin, The Power of Thetis and Selected Essays: Part I. Chapter 3. The Wrath of Thetis

Part I. Chapter 3. The Wrath of Thetis An inconsolable mother, unable to save her only child—Thetis is the paradigm for the image of bereavement conjured up with the fall of each young warrior for whom the poem reports that the moment of his death leaves his anguished parents forlorn. Shaped by allusion to her mythology, however—its resonance augmented, as we shall see, through various forms of… Read more

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Laura Slatkin, The Power of Thetis and Selected Essays: Part I. Chapter 4. Allusion and Interpretation

Part I. Chapter 4. Allusion and Interpretation To the Iliad’s modern audiences, compelled by the urgent momentum of the poem’s action and absorbed in the inexorability of its progress and the frontal intensity of its character portrayals, the epic’s digressions from the imperative of its plot can seem to be a perplexing distraction, and its texture of oblique allusion and elliptical reference, of glancing, arcane hint and… Read more

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Part 3. The Use and Abuse of Signs

Part 3: The Use and Abuse of Signs 3.1 The Manipulation of Signs in Herodotus’ Histories 3.1.1 Introduction Herodotus’ Histories contain many examples of figures who by a certain ingenuity and cunning manage to turn an unfavorable situation to their own advantage. [1] These figures have in common an ability to think quickly and to outwit others, and they make use… Read more

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Appendix

Appendix: The Formality Hypothesis A tradition stretching back to antiquity categorizes the earliest preserved Attic oratory as “dignified,” “formal,” or “austere.” [1] In The Evolution of Greek Prose Style Dover offers the most precise analysis of this feature and seeks to explain it as a continuation of the traditional style of public speaking at Athens, the only area that has provided specimens… Read more

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Bibliography

Bibliography Aly, W. 1969. Volksmärchen, Sage und Novelle bei Herodot und seinen Zeitgenossen. Göttingen. Armayor, O. K. 1978. “Herodotus’ Persian Vocabulary.” Ancient World 1:147–156. Asheri, D. 1989. Erodoto. Le Storie. Libro I . La Lidia e la Persia. Milan. ———. 1990. Erodoto. Le Storie. Libro III. La Persia. Milan. Asheri,… Read more

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Laura Slatkin, The Power of Thetis and Selected Essays: Introduction to this Volume

Introduction to this Volume [In this on-line version, the page-numbers of the printed version are indicated within braces (“{” and “}”). For example, “{69|70}” indicates where p. 69 of the printed version ends and p. 70 begins. These indications will be useful to readers who need to look up references made elsewhere to the printed version of this book.] The Power of Thetis and the several essays included here… Read more

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Conclusion

Conclusion The aim of this book has been to offer a systematic and comprehensive presentation of the function of space in the Iliad. To this end, and following Nünning’s theoretical model, four different aspects of space were studied, of which the first two (simple story space and embedded story space) pertain to the classical division between narrator text and character text proper, while the other two (similes… Read more