Becoming Achilles
Subtitle: child-sacrifice, war, and misrule in the Iliad and beyond
By: Richard Holway
Series: Greek studies: interdisciplinary approaches
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780739146903; 9780739146910; 9780739146927
Subjects: History and criticism; Families; Psychology in literature; Greek Epic poetry; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The quarrel; title: Heroic psychology; title: Mythobiographies; title: Catharsis and denial; title: Fathers and sons; title: Mothers and sons; title: Departures from maternal agendas; title: Self in crisis; title: Epilogue: Achilles and Socrates.