Sacrificial Violence in Homer's 'Iliad'
Abstract: The following essay is a reflection on Homer's Iliad undertaken in light of René Girard's premises concerning the role of mimesis in the formation, maintenance and dissolution of cultural structures. In the introductory and concluding comments, and in brief allusions in the body...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1994
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Curing violence
Year: 1994, Pages: 45-70 |
| Further subjects: | B
Sacrifice Religion
B Immitation B Girard, René (1923-2015) B Homerus Ilias B Analysis of Homer B Violence |
| Summary: | Abstract: The following essay is a reflection on Homer's Iliad undertaken in light of René Girard's premises concerning the role of mimesis in the formation, maintenance and dissolution of cultural structures. In the introductory and concluding comments, and in brief allusions in the body of the essay, reference is made to biblical texts and themes which echo the concerns with which the poet of the Iliad is preoccupied. The essay argues that Homer has described in remarkable detail a world strikingly similar to the one Girard's theory predicts, and that Homer's fleeting and inchoate glimpses of an alternative to the prevailing sacrificial violence trace a trajectory which, were it drawn further out, would intersect the trajectory traced by the biblical psalmists and prophets, and conclude in the gospels. (Source: Gil Bailie) |
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| ISBN: | 0944344437 |
| Contains: | In: Curing violence
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