Disciplines Ancient World (Classics) Ancient Literature & Language

Achilles Paradigms of the War Hero from Homer to the Middle Ages

by Katherine Callen King (Author), Deborah Nourse Lattimore (Illustrator)
January 1991
First Edition
Paperback
$41.95, £33.00
Title Details

Rights: Available worldwide
Pages: 356
ISBN: 9780520074071
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Illustrations: 23 b/w photographs

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About the Book

The powerful portrait of the glorious Greek warrior Achilles presented in Homer's Iliad imbued a particular soldier with transcendent value, linking "soldier" with "hero" in Western culture. Tracing Achilles' appearances in the works of poets, generals, philosophers, priests, and patriots, Katherine Callen King establishes the moral or political significance attached to the hero as a response to shifting mores and contemporary issues.