Homer's Iliad and the Problem of Force

by Stocking and Charles H. Stocking

The topic of force has long remained a problem of interpretation for readers of Homer's Iliad, ever since Simone Weil famously proclaimed it as the poem's main subject. This book seeks to address that problem through a full-scale treatment of the language of force in the Iliad from both philological and philosophical perspectives. Each chapter explores the different types of Iliadic force in combination with the reception of the Iliad in the French...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192862871
• ISBN13: 9780192862877
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.8"