Research Catalog

Title

The wrath of Athena : gods and men in the Odyssey / Jenny Strauss Clay.

Author

Clay, Jenny Strauss

Publication

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield : Littlefield Adams Books [distributor], 1997.

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Details

Series Statement

Greek studies

Uniform Title

Greek studies.

Subject

• Homer. Odyssey
• Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism
• Gods, Greek, in literature
• Athena (Greek deity) > In literature
• Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) > In literature

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• Originally published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1983. With new introd.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-260) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. I. Beginning of the Odyssey -- Mousa -- Andra Polytropon -- Homeros Philodysseus: The Poet's Bias -- Beginning of the Odyssey -- Ch. II. Odysseus -- Name of Odysseus -- Odysseus and the Heritage of Autolycus -- Heritage of Autolycus: The Boar's-Tusk Helmet -- Bow of Odysseus -- Odysseus and Achilles -- Odysseus and Polyphemus -- Cyclopes and Phaeacians -- Ch. III. Gods and Men -- Immortal and Unaging Forever -- Divine Knowledge: Moira -- Divine Knowledge: Physis -- Between Gods and Men I: The Age of the Hero -- Between Gods and Men II: The Funeral Games -- Between Gods and Men III: Divine Favor and Divine Hostility -- Odyssean Perspectives -- Ch. IV. Encounter of Odysseus and Athena -- Ch. V. Double Theodicy of the Odyssey -- App. Demodocus and Homer.

ISBN

• 0822630699 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0822630680 (cloth : alk. paper) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^^96001528^

OCLC

• 34190893
• SCSB-10562476

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library