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The tears of Achilles
- Title
- The tears of Achilles / Hélène Monsacré ; translated by Nicholas J. Snead.
- Author
- Monsacré, Hélène
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University, 2017.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
- ©2017
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Snead, Nicholas J.
- Description
- xxix, 167 pages; 23 cm
- Series Statement
- Hellenic Studies Series ; 75
- Uniform Title
- Larmes d'Achille. English
- Hellenic studies ; 75.
- Alternative Title
- Larmes d'Achille.
- Subject
- Achilles (Mythological character) > In literature
- Homer > Knowledge > Psychology
- Achilles (Mythological character)
- Homer
- Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism
- Women and literature > Greece
- Suffering in literature
- Emotions in literature
- Sex role in literature
- Heroes in literature
- Crying in literature
- Tears in literature
- Epic poetry, Greek
- Literature
- Psychology
- Women and literature
- Greece
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-146) and indexes.
- Contents
- Foreword / Richard P. Martin -- Translator's note : Truchement = caretaker / Nicholas J. Snead -- Preface to the English edition / Hélène Monsacré -- Introduction -- Part I. The borders of heroism. Proper relations to Aphrodite : a criterion in the definition of heroic conduct -- Physical evidence of the hero -- Erotic images of war -- The feminine and the warrior -- Part II. Femininity in the epic. Women in the epic -- The specificity of women -- Virile women...or heroines? -- Part III. Sobs of men, tears of women. Crying in the heroic space of the Iliad -- Tears in a different world : the Odyssey -- The tears of women -- The language of tears -- The weeping body of Achilles -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-1579
- ISBN
- 9780674975682
- 0674975685
- LCCN
- 2017005164
- OCLC
- 971893205
- Author
- Monsacré, Hélène, author.
- Title
- The tears of Achilles / Hélène Monsacré ; translated by Nicholas J. Snead.
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C. : Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University, 2017.
- Distributor
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Hellenic Studies Series ; 75Hellenic studies ; 75.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-146) and indexes.
- Added Author
- Snead, Nicholas J., translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-1579