Perfidy and passion : reintroducing the Iliad / Mark Buchan.

"Homer's Iliad is often considered a poem of blunt truthfulness, his characters' motivation pleasingly simple. A closer look, however, reveals a complex interplay of characters who engage in an awful lot of lies. Beginning with Achilles, who hatches a secret plot to destroy his own people, Mark Buchan traces motifs of deception and betrayal throughout the poem. Homer's heroes offer bluster, their passion linked to and explained by their lack of authenticity. Buchan reads Homer's characters between the lies, showing how the plot is structured individual denial and what cannot be said."--Project Muse

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Introduction: Riddles of identity in the Iliad -- The tragedy of Achilles: the Iliad as a poem of betrayal -- Comedy and class struggle -- The politics of poetry -- The poetry of politics -- Couples: the Iliad on intimacy -- Flirtations -- The afterlife of homer -- Conclusion: how to sum up the Iliad in a riddle.

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