Ransom, Revenge, and Heroic Identity in the Iliad by Donna F. Wilson

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Ransom, Revenge, and Heroic Identity in the Iliad by Donna F. Wilson

Author: دونا اف ویلسن(Donna F. Wilson)

Wilson examines the nature of compensation–ransom and revenge–in the liad, offering a fundamentally new reading of the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles. She presents a detailed anthropology of compensation in Homer, located in the wider context of agonistic exchange, to demonstrate how the struggle over definitions is a central feature of elite competition for status in the zero-sum and fluid ranking system of Homeric society. The study thus asserts the integral role of compensation in the traditional, cultural and poetic matrix of this foundational epic.

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Do NOT jump ship before the last chapter, Wilson gets meta and mimetic and it is a VERY good time!!! Unremittingly excellent Tessa rated it: 5.0 from 5.0