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Immortal Armor
Derek Collins
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Description for Immortal Armor
Paperback. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
Although military concepts in Homeric poetry have been studied since Alexandrian times, there has not been until now an extended study of the concept of alke, 'defensive strength,' as it unfolds intertextually within the Iliad and the Odyssey and archaic Greek poetry generally. Derek Collins uses evidence from Homeric poetry to reveal that alke, unlike other concepts of strength in archaic Greek, plays a central role in defining a warrior at the peak of his prowess, which can be related in turn to its application to kings and to its use by Zeus and Athena as divine emblems of warfare. ... Read more
Although military concepts in Homeric poetry have been studied since Alexandrian times, there has not been until now an extended study of the concept of alke, 'defensive strength,' as it unfolds intertextually within the Iliad and the Odyssey and archaic Greek poetry generally. Derek Collins uses evidence from Homeric poetry to reveal that alke, unlike other concepts of strength in archaic Greek, plays a central role in defining a warrior at the peak of his prowess, which can be related in turn to its application to kings and to its use by Zeus and Athena as divine emblems of warfare. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Series
Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847688210
SKU
V9780847688210
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About Derek Collins
Derek Collins is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the co-translator, with Janice Orion, of Claude Calame's The Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece (Rowman & Littlefield, 1997).
Reviews for Immortal Armor
Collins has given us a clear and valuable account of an important term in Homeric epic.
Patrick O'Sullivan
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Persuasive... specialized...
Donna F. Wilson, Brooklyn College, CUNY
Religious Studies Review
Patrick O'Sullivan
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Persuasive... specialized...
Donna F. Wilson, Brooklyn College, CUNY
Religious Studies Review