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" The anger of Achilles : "
Leonard Muellner.
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BL
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881475
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Muellner, Leonard Charles.
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The anger of Achilles : : mēnis in Greek epic /\ Leonard Muellner.
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| Publication Statement
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Ithaca, N.Y. :: Cornell University Press,, 1996.
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Myth and poetics
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ix, 219 pages ;; 24 cm
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0801432308
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: 0801489954
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: 9780801432309
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: 9780801489952
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Contents
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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.
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Hesiod., Theogony.
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Achilles-- In literature.
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Homer., Iliad.
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Hesiod., Theogony
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Homer., Iliad
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Hésiode., Théogonie
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Homère, Iliade.
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Achille-- Dans la littérature.
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Achilles
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Hésiode (07..- ... av. J.-C.)., Théogonie.
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Homère (08.?-08.? av. J.-C.)., Iliade.
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Anger in literature.
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Epic poetry, Greek-- History and criticism.
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Mēnis (The Greek word)
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Achille (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature
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Colère dans la littérature
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Mēnis (Le mot grec)
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Poésie épique grecque-- Histoire et critique
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Anger in literature.
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Colère-- Dans la littérature.
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Epic poetry, Greek.
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Epik
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Épopées grecques-- Thèmes, motifs.
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Literature.
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Mēnis (The Greek word)
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mēnis
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Mī̂nis (le mot grec)
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Zorn
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Grieks.
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Letterkunde.
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Woede.
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Iliad (Homer)
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Theogony (Hesiod)
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Griechisch.
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| Dewey Classification
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883/.0109
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| LC Classification
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PA3015.A58M84 1996
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18.43bcl
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18.43.bcl
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