Achilles: Paradigms of the War Hero from Homer to the Middle Ages Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Achilles: Paradigms of the War Hero from Homer to the Middle Ages Book

The powerful portrait of the glorious Greek warrior Achilles presented in Homer's Iliad imbued a particular soldier with transcendent value, linking "soldier" with "hero" in Western culture. Tracing Achilles' appearances in the works of poets, generals, philosophers, priests, and patriots, Katherine Callen King establishes the moral or political significance attached to the hero as a response to shifting mores and contemporary issues.Read More

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  • 0520074076
  • 9780520074071
  • K C KING
  • 1 July 1992
  • University of California Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 356
  • Reprint
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