Credible Impossibilities: Conventions and Strategies of Verisimilitude in Homer and Greek TragedyVieweg+Teubner Verlag, 1999 - 216 pages |
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... Helen , they say both it is not a cause of moral reproach ( véμɛois ) for the Achaeans and Trojans to fight for such a woman , and that Helen should be given back , lest she be a grief to themselves and their children ( 3.156-60 ) . A ...
... Helen , they say both it is not a cause of moral reproach ( véμɛois ) for the Achaeans and Trojans to fight for such a woman , and that Helen should be given back , lest she be a grief to themselves and their children ( 3.156-60 ) . A ...
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... Helen's , in which Odysseus comes to spy in Troy , puts her in a positive light ( 242–64 ) . Helen alone recognizes Odysseus , but she keeps his secret and provides him with information . Menelaus replies to Helen with a standard ...
... Helen's , in which Odysseus comes to spy in Troy , puts her in a positive light ( 242–64 ) . Helen alone recognizes Odysseus , but she keeps his secret and provides him with information . Menelaus replies to Helen with a standard ...
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... Helen's ability to mimic the wives ' voices stands for her sexual magic . ' Mene- laus ' tale brilliantly caps the one before it , even replacing the Odysseus who was discovered only by Helen with an even better Odysseus who cannot be ...
... Helen's ability to mimic the wives ' voices stands for her sexual magic . ' Mene- laus ' tale brilliantly caps the one before it , even replacing the Odysseus who was discovered only by Helen with an even better Odysseus who cannot be ...
Contents
Defining Credibility | 1 |
Homeric Chronology and Conventions of Inattention | 59 |
Inaccurate Prediction | 77 |
Copyright | |
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