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THE ‘NARROW ROAD’ AND THE ETHICS OF LANGUAGE USE IN THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY
Ramus, 2015 I begin this exploration of characteristically Iliadic and Odyssean attitudes toward the traditional language in which these poems are composed by treading again a well-rutted path in the field of mid-20th century Homeric studies.
D. F. Elmer
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Whip, Whipped, and Doctors: Homer\u27s Illiad and Camus\u27 The Plague [PDF]
, 1994 Albert Camus in The Plague gives a pressing, pitilessly clear description of plague conditions:\u27 We are all locked in a city. The gates are closed. The plague rages inside. The only question is, who will die first?
Saffire, Paula
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Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 425-439, September 2025.ABSTRACT Researchers now understand that the Great Recession stemmed from a “systemic leadership failure,” involving various entities such as the government, financial institutions, investors, homeowners, and regulators. Consequently, traditional leadership approaches of the time came under intense scrutiny, necessitating a shift in leadership ...
Faidon Theofanidis +2 more
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A Flight Back to Ground: Jung’s Recalcitrant Fourth as Rape into Consciousness. Symbolic Rape and Literal Rape in Persephone’s Myth [PDF]
J Anal PsycholAbstract Patricia Berry’s interpretation of the Demeter/Persephone myth, and her concept of rape into consciousness, illuminate intrapsychic dynamics. However, this symbolic lens may inadvertently distance us from the devastating nature of literal rape—a reality the Homeric Hymn encapsulates.
Barbara Cerminara
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Oedipus of many pains: Strategies of contest in Homeric poetry [PDF]
, 2008 In this paper we analyse Oedipus’ appearance during Odysseus’ tale in book 11 of Homer’s Odyssey in order to outline and test a methodology for appreciating the poetic and thematic implications of moments when ‘extraneous’ narratives or traditions appear
Barker, Elton T. E. +1 more
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Humanimals: A Socio‐Ecological Reading of the Marseille Plague of 1720
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 48, Issue 3, Page 285-301, September 2025.Abstract The aim of this article is to return to a small number of historically significant first‐person testimonies of the Marseille epidemic of 1720 in order to analyse in detail their construction and depiction of human exceptionality as a form of life in a time of plague.
David McCallam
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Review of Homer\u27s Iliad: The Basel Commentary, Book XIX
, 2017 Marina Coray’s commentary on Iliad 19, originally published in German in 2009, is part of the ongoing Basel commentary series on Homer’s Iliad, edited by Anton Bierl and Joachim Latacz. So far thirteen volumes of the series have been published in German,
Lesser, Rachel H.
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KWL and Homer\u27s Illiad. [PDF]
, 2013 As a student teacher I was disappointed at initial confusion by my World Literature students when we began reading Homer’s Iliad. I wanted to probe my students about the fascinating questions the story raises about the Greek culture, the qualities of a ...
Menke, Kristen
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On recognizing the real: Beauty and affliction in Simone Weil
The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 63, Issue 3, Page 464-477, September 2025.Abstract If the guiding question of ethics is “how should I live?,” then the guiding question of aesthetics might be “what is beauty?” For Simone Weil, these two questions have intertwined answers that turn on a like conceptual apparatus. Focussing on Weil's foremost ethical problem, the plight of the afflicted (malheur), this article offers an account
Christopher Thomas
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, 1989 This paper examines the evidence for Aristotle's theory of comedy in the Poetics and other works. Since he defines comedy in terms of its 'inferior' characters, he cannot have objected in principle to ethical impropriety, obscenity and personal abuse in ...
Heath, M.
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