Forms of violence in Odysseus’ world
Christopoulos, Ménélaos
Forms of violence in Odysseus’ world - 2019.
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The Homeric poems preserve the first notions of law prevailing in the archaic era together with some traces of older social and juridical relationships transmitted from previous poetical tradition. In this article i will try to explore some forms of violence registered in the Homeric poems and related either to a context of reciprocity or to a context of formal institutions. I will study, in particular, the type of violence practiced in the blinding of Polyphemus, in the acts of piracy, in the slaughter of Penelopes’ suitors, in the punishment of Melanthios, as well as in divine punishment imposed on Odysseus and Locrian Ajax.
Forms of violence in Odysseus’ world - 2019.
62
The Homeric poems preserve the first notions of law prevailing in the archaic era together with some traces of older social and juridical relationships transmitted from previous poetical tradition. In this article i will try to explore some forms of violence registered in the Homeric poems and related either to a context of reciprocity or to a context of formal institutions. I will study, in particular, the type of violence practiced in the blinding of Polyphemus, in the acts of piracy, in the slaughter of Penelopes’ suitors, in the punishment of Melanthios, as well as in divine punishment imposed on Odysseus and Locrian Ajax.
Réseaux sociaux