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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Stelow, Anna R.
Titre(s) : Menelaus in the archaic period [Texte imprimé] : not quite the best of the Achaeans / Anna R. Stelow
Édition : First edition
Publication : Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020
Description matérielle : xiv-359 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references p. 303-333 and indexes
While there have been many studies devoted to the major heroes and heroines of Homeric
epic, among them Achilles, Odysseus, and Helen, the figure of Menelaus has remained
notably overlooked in this strand of scholarship. Menelaus in the Archaic Period is
the first book-length study of the Homeric character, taking a multidisciplinary approach
to his depiction in archaic Greek poetry, art, and cult through detailed analysis
of ancient literary, visual, and material evidence. 0The volume is divided into two
parts, the first of which examines the portrayal of Menelaus in the Homeric poems
as a unique 'personality' with an integral role to play in each narrative, as depicted
through typical patterns of speech and action and through intertextual allusion. The
second part explores his representation both in other poetry of the archaic period
- including lyric poetry and Simonides' 'Plataea elegy ' - and also archaic art and
local Sparta cult, drawing on the literary,0archaeological, and inscriptional evidence
for the cult of Menelaus with Helen at Therapne. The depiction of Menelaus in archaic
art is a particular focal point: Chapter 4 provides a methodology for the interpretation
of heroic narrative on archaic Greek vases through iconography and inscriptions and
establishes his conventional visual 'identity' on black figure Athenian vases, while
an annotated catalogue of images details those that fall outside the 'norm'. Menelaus
emerges from this comprehensive study as a unique and likeable character whose relationship
with Helen was a popular theme in both epic poetry and vase painting, but one whose
portrayal evinced a significant narrative range, with an array of continuities and
differences in how he was represented by the Greeks, not only within the archaic period
but also in comparison to classical Athens
Sujet(s) : Homère -- Critique et interprétation
Ménélas (mythologie grecque)
Mythologie grecque -- Dans la littérature
Mythologie grecque -- Dans l'art
Grèce -- 800-500 av. J.-C. (Époque archaïque)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199685929. - ISBN 0199685924
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb466344706
Notice n° :
FRBNF46634470
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
