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The Death and Afterlife of Achilles.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (203 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421403618
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Death and Afterlife of AchillesDDC classification:
  • 883/.01
LOC classification:
  • PA4037 .B83 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note to Reader -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Early Life of Achilles -- 2 The Death of Achilles -- 3 The Destiny of Achilles in the Iliad -- 4 Intertextuality and Oral Epic -- 5 The Death of Achilles in the Iliad -- 6 Motif Sequences in the Iliad -- 7 Burial and Afterlife of Achilles -- 8 Tomb and Cult of Achilles -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The Fabula of the Death of Achilles -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Summary: With his keen, original analysis of hitherto untapped literary, iconographical, and archaeological sources, Burgess adds greatly to our understanding of this archetypal mythic hero.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note to Reader -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Early Life of Achilles -- 2 The Death of Achilles -- 3 The Destiny of Achilles in the Iliad -- 4 Intertextuality and Oral Epic -- 5 The Death of Achilles in the Iliad -- 6 Motif Sequences in the Iliad -- 7 Burial and Afterlife of Achilles -- 8 Tomb and Cult of Achilles -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The Fabula of the Death of Achilles -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

With his keen, original analysis of hitherto untapped literary, iconographical, and archaeological sources, Burgess adds greatly to our understanding of this archetypal mythic hero.

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