Ransom, Revenge, and Heroic Identity in the Iliad
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 12, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780521032780
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Social & cultural anthropology; Language Arts & Disciplines; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Ancient (Classical) Greek; Language; Ancient and Classical; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; General; Homer.--Iliad; Language Arts & Disciplines : General; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Literary Collections : Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Literary Criticism & Collections / Ancient & Classical
First sentence: Compensation in the Iliad involves exchanges that may be subsumed under the principle of reciprocity, a mental model for interpreting social relations and movements of goods.