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Epic Women of Homer : Exploring Women's Roles in the Iliad and Odyssey by Eirene S. Allen (2025, Hardcover)
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And yet, the story of the Iliad is not the story of Achilles, just as the story of the Odyssey is not the story of Odysseus alone. Her family's roots lie in Chios, Greece, where she spends part of each year.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPen & Sword Books The Limited
ISBN-101399058630
ISBN-139781399058636
eBay Product ID (ePID)14071618209
Product Key Features
Number of Pages224 Pages
Publication NameEpic Women of Homer : Exploring Women's Roles in the Iliad and Odyssey
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2025
SubjectWomen, Military / Ancient, Ancient / Greece, Linguistics / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines, History
AuthorEirene S. Allen
FormatHardcover
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Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsDr. Eirene Allen has brought together every woman who speaks in the Iliad and the Odyssey, the two great epics of Homer (whoever he/she/they were). In this deep dive, Dr. Allen shows how often Homer's perspective subtly shifts to show us the woman's point of view, an empathetic aspect that is often lost in translation. Dr. Allen's new renderings of many passages highlight this and made me realize that translation is itself a form of reception!
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal883.01
SynopsisReexamines the women of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, restoring their essential roles and challenging traditional heroic narratives. Our earliest written sources for Greek mythology, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey , feature women prominently as drivers of the narratives. Though they occupy a variety of roles and speak eloquently for themselves in every role, these women have been obscured by the assumption that each epic's central hero, Achilles and Odysseus, respectively, is also its singular hero. And yet, the story of the Iliad is not the story of Achilles, just as the story of the Odyssey is not the story of Odysseus alone. Contrary to centuries of reception, the epics are not only about fearless yet flawed men but rather explore and develop the contours of belonging and community in times of war and peace.The Epic Women of Homer untangles the women of the Iliad and the Odyssey from centuries of narrative constraints to recover their essential meaning and importance. In the process, The Epic Women of Homer challenges the commonplace assumption that the Homeric hero is 'an individual' who fights for 'personal glory', a misconception further fuelled by a lack of understanding of the oral tradition out of which Homer's epics emerged in which linguistic and thematic patterning exists at every level. Analysing Homer's goddesses and heroes through the lens of these patterns, their recurrence and variation reveal them to be preeminent in a wide range of skills, all of which are necessary, and yet the essence of each is in their relationships with others. The Epic Women of Homer re-establishes these goddesses and heroines to their esteemed positions in ancient Greece and reintroduces them to the modern world.
LC Classification NumberPA4037.A4 2025
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