Achilles Paradigms of the War Hero from Homer to the Middle Ages |
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| Author:
| King, Katherine Callen |
| Illustrator:
| Lattimore, Deborah Nourse |
| ISBN: | 978-0-520-07407-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1991 |
| Publisher: | University of California Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $41.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.