Kleos in a Minor Key
Download or Read eBook Kleos in a Minor Key PDF written by J. C. B. Petropoulos and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : J. C. B. Petropoulos |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 190 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0674055926 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780674055926 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Kleos in a Minor Key by : J. C. B. Petropoulos
Book excerpt: The word kleos in the Iliad and the Odyssey distinctly supposes an oral narrative--principally an "oral history," a "life story" or ultimately an "oral tradition." A hero's kleos defines him as a fully gendered social being. This book is a meditation on this concept as expressed and experienced in the adult society in which Telemachos finds himself.
