Helen of Troy and Her Shameless Phantom /

Helen of Troy and Her Shameless Phantom / / Norman Austin.

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Like the male heroes of epic poetry, Helen of Troy has been immortalized, but not for deeds of strength and honor; she is remembered as the beautiful woman who disgraced herself and betrayed her family and state. Norman Austin here surveys interpretations of Helen in Greek literature from the Homeri...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Austin, Norman,
MitwirkendeR:
Nagy, Gregory,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©2008
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Myth and Poetics
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Traditional Helen
  • 1. The Helen of the Iliad
  • 2. Sappho's Helen and the Problem of the Text
  • Part II. The Revised Helen
  • 3. The Helen of the Odyssey
  • 4. Stesichorus and His Palinode
  • 5. Herodotus and Helen in Egypt
  • 6. Euripides' Helen: The Final Revision
  • Glossary of Greek Terms
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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