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Wounding and Death in the 'Iliad'

Homeric Techniques of Description

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Wounding and Death in the 'Iliad'

Homeric Techniques of Description

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W.-H. Friedrich's Verwundung und Tod in Der Ilias was originally published in 1956. Never before translated into English, its importance has slowly come to be recognised: first, because it discusses in detail the plausibility (or otherwise) of the wounds received on the Homeric battlefield and is therefore of considerable interest to historians of medicine; and second, because it makes a serious and sustained effort to grapple with the question of style, and thus confronts an issue which oral theory has scarcely touched.

Peter Jones adds a Preface briefly locating the work within the terms of oral theory; Kenneth Saunders (Emeritus Professor of Medicine at St George's Hospital Medical School, London) updates Friedrich's medical analyses in a full Appendix.

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Published Sep 26 2003
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 186
ISBN 9780715629833
Imprint Bristol Classical Press
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Wolf-Hartmut Friedrich

Peter Jones is one of the best-known figures in th…

Translator

Peter Jones

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