Reconciling Aphrodite. The Power of the ‘Weakling’ Goddess in Homer’s Iliad
In Iliad 3, Aphrodite forces Helen to sleep with Paris, threatening her with death. Yet, key metapoetic moments in the Iliad overwrite Aphrodite’s role in the Trojan War. Helen weaves images of battle in Iliad 3, while Achilles sings of the ‘glorious deeds of men’ in Iliad 9: in their storytelling,...
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New Classicists
2020-05-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.newclassicists.com/journals?lightbox=dataItem-k9zvep3b |