Homer’s Iliad and the Trojan War by Sweeney, Naoise Mac -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Halftitle Page Title Page Contents List of Illustrations Note from the Authors Introduction: Dialogue 1. Navigating Tradition

Jan: The Iliad’s poets

Poets and poetic practice The functions of poetry The Poet(s) of the Iliad

Naoíse: The Erra’s poems

The Narrators of the Erra Poet and Poem in the Erra Songs as things Stories and storytellers

2. Visualizing Society

Naoíse: Euthymides’ pioneer politics

The Euthymides amphora The politics of the pot The Pioneer Group Troy, the Iliad, and the Pioneer Group

Jan: Rossetti’s vulnerable firebrand

Dangerous desirability The Pre-Raphaelite Helen Rossetti’s subversive Helen

3. Staging Conflict

Jan: Euripides’ new contests

Cassandra’s sophistry Novel songs Agonal conflict Conflicts old and new

Naoíse: Shakespeare’s empty arguments

Conflict and debate in the Troilus Shakespeare’s Homer ‘All argument is a whore and a cuckold’

4. Seeking Truth

Jan: Herodotus’ Trojan truths

An historical war Relocating Helen Inquiry and the Trojan War Antique vs. recent pasts Thinking through Homer

Naoíse: Schliemann’s physical proofs

Schliemann’s Trojan controversy Autopsy and adventure Archaeology: An Homeric science An exclusively Iliadic treasure The quest for truth

5. Claiming Identities

Naoíse: Godfrey’s hall of mirrors

The heirs of Troy Rival Trojan genealogies Godfrey’s Homer The mirror refracted

Jan: Troy’s Hall of Fame

Remembering Troy Goodies and baddies A clash of civilizations Heroic ambivalence

Conclusion: Memorial

The subject and the process of memorialization The Iliad and the Trojan War tradition

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