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The Pity of Achilles: Oral Style and the Unity of the Iliad
Contributor(s): Kim, Jinyo (Author)

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 ISBN: 0847686213     ISBN-13: 9780847686216
Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys
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Published: November 2000
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Annotation: In The Pity of Achilles, Jinyo Kim examines how the major themes of the Iliad -- Achilles' "wrath", heroic values such as honor and glory, and human mortality and suffering, to mention the most widely recognized -- are connected to each other in a way that reveals the poem's structural coherence and unity. Kim asks whether Achilles' pity toward Priam at the poems close is, as is widely believed, a poetic deus ex machina. In other words, is the conception of Achills' pity an expression of a "later" and "more civilized" era, as a way of "correcting" the warlike savagery that is an undeniable and significant part of the poem? She concludes, rather, that Achilles' final reconciliation with the old king of Troy -- his "enemy" according to the warrior ethos in the Iliad -- represents the integral and ultimate resolution of the theme of Achilles' "wrath" that is announced in the poem's opening lines.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical
- Literary Criticism | Poetry
- Drama | Ancient & Classical
Dewey: 883
LCCN: 00045721
Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.86" W x 8.95" L (0.64 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2001 pg. 172
 
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In The Pity of Achilleus, Jinyo Kim examines how the major themes of the Iliad-Achilleus' 'wrath, ' heroic values such as honor and glory, and human mortality and suffering, to mention the most widely recognized-are connected to each other in a way that reveals the poem's structural coherence and unity. Kim asks whether Achilleus' pity toward Priam at the poem's close is, as is widely believed, a poetic deus ex machina. In other words, is the conception of Achilleus' pity an expression of a 'later' and 'more civilized' era, as a way of 'correcting' the warlike savagery that is an undeniable and significant part of the poem? She concludes, rather, that Achilleus' final reconciliation with the old king of Troy- his 'enemy' according to the warrior ethos in the Iliad- represents the integral and ultimate resolution of the theme of Achilleus' 'wrath' that is announced in the poem's opening lines. This book will be valuable for students and scholars of classical literature and classical civilization
 
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