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Wounding and Death in the 'Iliad' Homeric Techniques of Description [Hardcover]

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  • Category: Books (Literary Criticism)
  • Author:  Friedrich, Wolf-Hartmut
  • Author:  Friedrich, Wolf-Hartmut
  • ISBN-10:  0715629832
  • ISBN-10:  0715629832
  • ISBN-13:  9780715629833
  • ISBN-13:  9780715629833
  • Publisher:  Bristol Classical Press
  • Publisher:  Bristol Classical Press
  • Pages:  186
  • Pages:  186
  • Binding:  Hardcover
  • Binding:  Hardcover
  • Pub Date:  01-Jul-2003
  • Pub Date:  01-Jul-2003
  • SKU:  0715629832-11-MPOD
  • SKU:  0715629832-11-MPOD
  • Item ID: 100943831
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W.-H. Friedrich'sVerwundung und Tod in Der Iliaswas 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.

W.H. Friedrich's Verwundung und Tod in Der Ilias , originally published in 1956, discusses in detail the plausibility (or otherwise) of the wounds received on the Homeric battlefield. It also makes a serious and sustained effort to grapple with the question of style

Wolf-Hartmut Friedrich(1907-2000), was an ordentlicher' emeritierter professor in G?ttingen, member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften zu G?ttingen since 1953.
Peter Jonesis one of the best-known figures in the teaching and appreciation of the Classics. Co-founder of Friends of Classics, he has published widely on Homer and is a regular contributor to national newspapers.
Gabriele Wrightstudied English, Classics and Italian at Cologne and Princeton and has taught Greek at Newcastle University.

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