Journal article
THE MATERNAL WARRIOR: GENDER AND KLEOS IN THE ILIAD
American journal of philology, Vol.140(1), pp.1-28
03/01/2019
DOI: 10.1353/ajp.2019.0001
Abstract
This article argues that the Iliad uses the figure of the Homeric mother, who represents both protection and destruction, as a symbol for the instability of epic warrior values. Heroes are meant to protect their cities and comrades, just as mothers are meant to protect their children. However, the warrior's imperative to seek kleos and time may cause him to disregard his protective role, just as mothers may subvert their life-giving function through the murder of their children. By using maternal imagery to describe warriors, the Iliad emphasizes how their competing values of kleos and protection often become mutually exclusive.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- THE MATERNAL WARRIOR: GENDER AND KLEOS IN THE ILIAD
- Creators
- Celsiana Warwick - Coll St Benedict & St Johns Univ, Collegeville, MN 56321 USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of philology, Vol.140(1), pp.1-28
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins Univ Press
- DOI
- 10.1353/ajp.2019.0001
- ISSN
- 0002-9475
- eISSN
- 1086-3168
- Number of pages
- 28
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2019
- Academic Unit
- Classics
- Record Identifier
- 9984397232702771
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