Blemished Kings

Suitors in the Odyssey, Blame Poetics, and Irish Satire

Hellenic Studies Series

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Pristatymas gali užtrukti 2-3 sav.

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112 psl.

2023 m.

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Svītrkods: 9780674278486
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In Blemished Kings, Andrea Kouklanakis looks to Irish satire as she interprets the language of the suitors in the Odyssey—their fighting words—as Homeric expressions of reproach and critique against unsuitable kings, and provides evidence for the concept that blame poetry can physically blemish, hence disqualify, rulers.