Glaucos

Curated Articles

L’échange des armures entre Diomède et Glaucos Iliade VI, 232-236)

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – Brasil Abstract: Commentary on an enigmatic scene of book VI of the Iliad: the exchange of Glaucos’ golden armour for Diomedes’ bronze armour. Discussion of this kind of gift and counter-gift (between xeînoi) in this Homeric poem, as well as of the motif that would cause Zeus to “take reason from Glaucos”, leading him to accept such an unfavourable and disproportionate exchange. Keywords: exchange;… Read more

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Le mythe iliadique de Bellérophon

Université Fédérale de Minas Gérais, Belo Horizonte (Brésil) EHESS, Paris [This essay was originally published in Gaia : revue interdisciplinaire sur la Grèce Archaïque, Numéro 1-2, 1997, pp. 41-66. It is published here by permission of the author.] Pour Nicole Loraux Deux traits distinguent ce mythe de ceux qui racontent la généalogie d’un héros. Le premier est sa longueur : 62 vers, plus du double de la généalogie d’Énée (Il. Read more