Grief and the Hero: The Futility of Longing in the Iliad by Emily P. Austin

Grief and the Hero: The Futility of Longing in the Iliad

Emily P. Austin

202 pages hardcover

1 edition

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Grief and the Hero examines Achilles' experience of the futility of grief in the context of the Iliad's study of anger. No action can undo his friend Patroklos' death, but the experience of death drives him to behave as though he can achieve somet...

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