Hearing epic, living heroes: cult-connected moments in Homeric poetry

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Two case studies of myths and rituals related to Zeus and kingship are here employed to suggest new ways of reading some key passages in the <i>Iliad</i>. The first centers on the ritual veneration of Agamemnon’s scepter in Chaeronea, while the second examines features of the myth of the...

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Autor principal: Martin, Richard P.
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2022
Materias:
Letras
Agamemnon
Kaineus
Kingship
Scepter
Ritual
Iliad
Agamenón
Ceneo
reinado
cetro
ritual
Ilíada
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/141616
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SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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Agamemnon
Kaineus
Kingship
Scepter
Ritual
Iliad
Agamenón
Ceneo
reinado
cetro
ritual
Ilíada
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Agamemnon
Kaineus
Kingship
Scepter
Ritual
Iliad
Agamenón
Ceneo
reinado
cetro
ritual
Ilíada
Martin, Richard P.
Hearing epic, living heroes: cult-connected moments in Homeric poetry
topic_facet Letras
Agamemnon
Kaineus
Kingship
Scepter
Ritual
Iliad
Agamenón
Ceneo
reinado
cetro
ritual
Ilíada
description Two case studies of myths and rituals related to Zeus and kingship are here employed to suggest new ways of reading some key passages in the <i>Iliad</i>. The first centers on the ritual veneration of Agamemnon’s scepter in Chaeronea, while the second examines features of the myth of the Lapith king Kaineus as they relate to hero-cult. The article articulates a method of interpreting that which one might call “religion” in Homer by relating the historical fictions of epic to realities of interaction with the supernatural in actual ancient Greek communities (in this instance, in Boeotia and Thessaly). It attempts to explore such linkages and their poetic implications for the larger Homeric compositions (for example, the endings of both <i>Iliad</i> and <i>Odyssey</i>) while avoiding the positivism and historicizing that have been endemic to scholarship on problems of this type.
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title Hearing epic, living heroes: cult-connected moments in Homeric poetry
title_short Hearing epic, living heroes: cult-connected moments in Homeric poetry
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