Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society Oath-Making Rituals in the Iliad |
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| Author:
| Kitts, Margo |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-85529-7 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2005 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $143.95 |
Book Description:
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In this book, Margo Kitts focuses on oath-making narratives found in the Iliad through which she articulates a theory of ritualized violence. She analyzes ritual paradigms, metaphors, fictions, and poetic registers as oath-making principles, which she traces through Homeric references and texts from the ancient New East.
In this book, Margo Kitts focuses on oath-making narratives found in the Iliad through which she articulates a theory of ritualized violence. She analyzes ritual paradigms, metaphors, fictions, and poetic registers as oath-making principles, which she traces through Homeric references and texts from the ancient New East.