Scholarship Iliad Flashcards
How does Vandiver describe Paris?
Attractive, light-hearted, irresponsible
What does Duffy say about the meeting of Hector and Andromache in Book 6?
They are both expressing views which do not match their traditional roles
What does Davies say about the Doloneia?
Diomedes and Odysseus commit cowardly and treacherous murder
What does Edwards say about the Doloneia?
It isn’t unHomeric and we should judge by modern standards
What does Jones say about Achilles from Book 9?
He is driven by emotion not logic
What does Rosner say about the story of Meleager?
The themes mirror the Iliad in general
What does Arieti say about Achilles in Book 18?
He becomes the inventor of guilt
What does Haubold say about Hector?
He is portrayed more diversely than other characters
What does Jones say about divine intervention?
Homer shows people making up their own minds without divine intervention
What does Finley say about deaths in the Iliad
Homer and the audience lingered lovingly over every slaughter
Who says Homer’s battle scenes are suffused with pathos?
Parker
Who says Homer gives a sense of the splendour of heroic valor and achievement?
Parker
Who says the Iliad ends not with carnage but pity and reconciliation?
Parker
What does Allan say about Homer’s presentation of war?
Homer presents the complexity of war
Who said in the Iliad the gods are like men and the men are like gods?
Jones
What does Reeve say about Achilles?
His anger is godlike
What does Van Nortwick say about war in the Iliad?
It is not a celebration of war- we can tell from the little biographies
What does ET Owen say about war in the Iliad?
The multipicity of the individual struggles reinforces the nature of warfare
What does Jones say about Book 17?
It’s justifiable
Who says Helen is the anti-woman?
Hauser
What does Jones say about the Shield of Achilles?
It explores war and peace
What does Nagy say about the Shield of Achilles?
It summarises/revisits themes of the poem
What does Jenkyns say happens in Book 9?
Achilles’ moral tragedy pivots
What does Vandiver say about Achilles’ speech to Odysseus in Book 9?
Saying he’d rather live a long life without glory undercuts the entire basis of his society and the warrior culture
Who says Achilles’ speech in Book 9 exhibits his wrath?
ET Owen
What does Finley say about death in the Iliad?
Homer lingers lovingly over every kill
Who said there are many examples of similes with mothers as a vehicle and a theme of mothers being unsuccessful at protecting their children throughout the epic, as Achilles fails to protect Patroclus?
Buxton
What does Duffy say about the meeting of Hector and Andromache in Book 6?
They are both expressing views which do not match their traditional roles
