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Menelaus in the Archaic Period : not quite the best of the Achaeans /

While there have been many studies devoted to the heroes of Homeric epic, the figure of Menelaus has remained notably overlooked. This volume is the first book-length study of the Homeric character, taking a multidisciplinary approach to his depiction in the archaic Greek world through detailed anal...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stelow, Anna R. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Menelaus (Greek mythology)
Greek poetry > History and criticism.
Ménélas (Mythologie grecque)
Poésie grecque > Histoire et critique.
Ancient & Classical.
History.
ART.
LITERARY CRITICISM.
Archaeology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Greek poetry
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Menelaus in the Archaic Period: Not Quite the Best of the Achaeans
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Selected Abbreviations
  • Note on Citations
  • Introduction: Methods and Terms
  • The 'Homeric Question'
  • Orality, Traditional Referentiality, and Neoanalysis
  • Homeric Intertextuality and Methodologies of Allusion
  • Theories of Homeric Character Depiction
  • Character vs Personality
  • The 'Literary Self '
  • 'Boring' vs 'Interesting'
  • 'Mental Moulds' and Meaningful Repetition
  • Overview of Part I: Homer
  • Overview of Part II: Votaries, Painters, and Poets
  • PART I: HOMER
  • 1: The Iliad
  • The Language of Menelaus
  • The Story of Menelaus
  • Prologue and Entrance (Iliad 1-2)
  • Act 1 (Iliad 3-4)
  • Entr'actes (Iliad 5-11)
  • Act 2 (Iliad 13)
  • Entr'actes
  • Act 3: The Aristeia of Menelaus (Iliad 17)
  • Dénouement: Menelaus at the Curtain (Iliad 23)
  • 2: The Odyssey
  • Introduction: Menelaus Returned Home
  • Pylos
  • Sparta
  • The Stories of Helen and Menelaus
  • Proteus and the Afterlife of Menelaus
  • The Departure of Telemachus
  • Envoi
  • PART II: VOTARIES, PAINTERS, AND POETS
  • 3: Why Menelaus?: Alcman, Sappho, Stesichorus, [Hesiod], and the Cycle
  • Alcman
  • 'Cyclic' Epic Fragments: Cypria
  • Little Iliad
  • Ilioupersis
  • Nostoi
  • The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women
  • Sappho frr. 16-17
  • Stesichorus: Helen, Palinodes, Ilioupersis, Nostoi
  • Conclusion
  • 4: Menelaus in Archaic Art
  • Introduction: Heroic Narrative in Archaic Art
  • Menelaus and Helen
  • Menelaus without Helen
  • Annotated Catalogue
  • Naming Menelaus a Hero in Archaic Art
  • 5: The Cult of Menelaus and Helen at Therapne
  • Introduction
  • Literary Testimonia to the Cult of Menelaus