Wives, widows and children: war victims in "Iliad" book II

• Autores: Christian Werner
• Localización: Antiquité classique, ISSN 0770-2817, Nº. 77, 2008, págs. 1-17
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper discusses the differences and similarities between three expressions that show up in Homer�s Iliad Book II: ?????? ?a? ??p?a t???a (136), pa?de? ?ea??? ???a? te ???a??e? (289), and ??p?a t???a (311). I submit that the first and third expressions have a connotative meaning that is determined by traditional epic themes. However, I argue that the second expression is linked to Andromakhe�s role in the Iliad, and the traditionality of its meaning cannot be asserted. The Iliad that results from my reading is a poem whose meaning depends on reconstructing the traditional knowledge present in its diction and shared by narrator and audience, but also presupposes the development of a particular plot � and consequently of particular phrases � designed by its monumental poet.