عنوان

The anger of Achilles :

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0801432308

(Number (ISBN

0801489954

(Number (ISBN

9780801432309

(Number (ISBN

9780801489952

Title Proper

The anger of Achilles :

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[Book]

Other Title Information

mēnis in Greek epic /

First Statement of Responsibility

Leonard Muellner.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Ithaca, N.Y. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cornell University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1996.

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ix, 219 pages ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

Myth and poetics

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Text of Note

Foreword / Gregory Nagy -- Introduction: Approaching Anger -- 1. Menis and Cosmic Status in the Hierarchy of Peers -- 2. Menis and the Social Order -- 3. The Narrative Sequence of the Hesiodic Theogony -- 4. The Menis of Achilles and the First book of the Iliad -- 5. The Menis of Achilles and Its Iliadic Teleology -- Appendix. The Etymology of Menis.

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Leonard Muellner's goal is to restore the Greek word for the anger of Achilles, menis, to its social, mythical, and poetic contexts. His point of departure is the anthropology of emotions. He believes that notions of anger vary between cultures and that the particular meaning of a word such as menis needs to emerge from a close study of Greek epic. Menis means more than an individual's emotional response. On the basis of the epic exemplifications of the word, Muellner defines the term as a cosmic sanction against behavior that violates the most basic rules of human society. Virtually absent from the Odyssey, the term menis appears in the Iliad in conjunction with the enforcement of social rules, especially the rules of reciprocal exchange. To understand the way menis functions, Muellner invokes the concept of tabu developed by Mary Douglas, stressing both the power and the danger that accrue to a person who violates such rules. Transgressive behavior has both a creative and a destructive aspect. Muellner draws on the method of mythical analysis developed by Pierre-Yves Jacopin. He applies the restructured definition of menis to the anger of Achilles in the narrative of the Iliad, tracing the moral issues that motivate cosmic anger and, finally, exploring the transformation of menis into the social term that is explicitly named as its opposite: philotes, or friendship.

Achilles-- In literature.

Hesiod., Theogony.

Homer., Iliad.

Hesiod., Theogony

Homer., Iliad

Hésiode., Théogonie

Homère, Iliade.

Achille-- Dans la littérature.

Achilles

Hésiode (07..- ... av. J.-C.)., Théogonie.

Homère (08.?-08.? av. J.-C.)., Iliade.

Iliad (Homer)

Theogony (Hesiod)

Anger in literature.

Epic poetry, Greek-- History and criticism.

Mēnis (The Greek word)

Achille (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature

Colère dans la littérature

Mēnis (Le mot grec)

Poésie épique grecque-- Histoire et critique

Anger in literature.

Colère-- Dans la littérature.

Epic poetry, Greek.

Epik

Épopées grecques-- Thèmes, motifs.

Grieks.

Letterkunde.

Literature.

mēnis

Mēnis (The Greek word)

Mī̂nis (le mot grec)

Woede.

Zorn

Griechisch.

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Muellner, Leonard Charles.

Date of Transaction

20200822130653.0

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