Greek Heroes in and out of Hades is a study on heroism and mortality from Homer to Plato. In a collection of thirty enjoyable essays, Stamatia Dova combines intertextual research and thought-provoking analysis to shed new light on concepts of the hero in the Iliad and the Odyssey, Bacchylides 5, Plato's Symposium, and Euripides' Alcestis. Through systematic readings of a wide range of seemingly unrelated texts, the author offers a cohesive picture of heroic character in a variety of literary genres. Her characterization of Achilles, Odysseus, and Heracles is artfully supported by a...
Greek Heroes in and out of Hades is a study on heroism and mortality from Homer to Plato. In a collection of thirty enjoyable essays, Stamatia Dova co...
Through close readings of epic, lyric, and tragic poetry, The Poetics of Failure in Ancient Greece engages into a thorough discourse on error, loss, and inadequacy as a personal and collective experience.
Through close readings of epic, lyric, and tragic poetry, The Poetics of Failure in Ancient Greece engages into a thorough discourse on error, loss, a...
