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Title:

The Tears of Achilles in Homer"s Epic (With Some Remarks on His Followers)

Alternative title:

EOS Commentarii Societatis Philologae Polonorum

Creator:

Wesołowska, Elżbieta

ORCID:

0000-0003-2053-4889

Subject and Keywords:

filologia klasyczna

Abstract:

This article aims to offer insights into the psychological profile of the greatest hero of the Iliad, Achilles, with particular reference to the passages in which the hero responds to specific events in the story by crying. I attempt to contribute to the current debates on the matter by contemplating three reasons for Achilles’ emotional responses: (1) his youth and the sense of his lack of authority among his comrades in arms; (2) the awareness of his impending death; (3) his status as a demigod, which is seen by the Achaeans as belittling the merits of the hero.

Place of publishing:

Wrocław

Publisher:

Polskie Towarzystwo Filologiczne i Uniwersytet Wrocławski

Date:

1900-

Date issued:

2020

Resource Type:

tekst

Detailed Type:

journal  
czasopismo

Identifier:

oai:repozytorium.uni.wroc.pl:131461

DOI:

10.34616/e.2020.9.23

Language:

eng

License:

Obiekt chroniony prawem autorskim lub prawami pokrewnymi

Rights holder:

Copyright by Polskie Towarzystwo Filologiczne, Wrocław 2019

Autor opisu:

SZ