Credible Impossibilities: Conventions and Strategies of Verisimilitude in Homer and Greek TragedyVieweg+Teubner Verlag, 1999 - 216 pages |
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... Heracles , Amphitryo explains that the family was convinced of Heracles ' death because it was reported by messengers from Eurystheus ( 553 ) , and Heracles explains the length of his absence on the grounds that rescuing Theseus took ...
... Heracles , Amphitryo explains that the family was convinced of Heracles ' death because it was reported by messengers from Eurystheus ( 553 ) , and Heracles explains the length of his absence on the grounds that rescuing Theseus took ...
Page 98
... Heracles 593–94 , Amphitryo urges caution on Heracles , since he must have been seen entering the city , so that his enemies will be ready for him . Heracles replies : μέλει μὲν οὐδὲν εἴ με πᾶσ ̓ εἶδεν πόλις · ὄρνιν δ ̓ ἰδών τιν ̓ οὐκ ...
... Heracles 593–94 , Amphitryo urges caution on Heracles , since he must have been seen entering the city , so that his enemies will be ready for him . Heracles replies : μέλει μὲν οὐδὲν εἴ με πᾶσ ̓ εἶδεν πόλις · ὄρνιν δ ̓ ἰδών τιν ̓ οὐκ ...
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... Heracles ' pyre in the play , while Heracles insists so firmly and for so long ( 1174–1216 ) , and with so little internal motivation , that it be made , that supernatural knowledge seems to be involved . The only explanation Heracles ...
... Heracles ' pyre in the play , while Heracles insists so firmly and for so long ( 1174–1216 ) , and with so little internal motivation , that it be made , that supernatural knowledge seems to be involved . The only explanation Heracles ...
Contents
Defining Credibility | 1 |
Homeric Chronology and Conventions of Inattention | 59 |
Inaccurate Prediction | 77 |
Copyright | |
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