Pre-Homeric Ajax

In this chapter, I will examine the way the traditional (or pre-Homeric) story of Telamonian Ajax has been received by the Iliad, and how it resurfaces through a conscious use of allusions and re-enactments of traditional material, thereby contributing to the poem’s all-encompassing ambition (see Fi...

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第一著者: Bocksberger, S
その他の著者: Speriani, S
フォーマット: Book section
言語:English
出版事項: De Gruyter 2024
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要約:In this chapter, I will examine the way the traditional (or pre-Homeric) story of Telamonian Ajax has been received by the Iliad, and how it resurfaces through a conscious use of allusions and re-enactments of traditional material, thereby contributing to the poem’s all-encompassing ambition (see Finkelberg 2015). I shall establish what can be known about the pre-Homeric ‘story’ of Ajax before contrasting it with the hero’s treatment in the Iliad and, to a lesser extent, in the Odyssey.