Limba: Engleza
Data publicării: 2022
Editura: Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Tip copertă: Paperback
Nr Pag: 126
In Blemished Kings, Andrea Kouklanakis looks to Irish satire as she interprets the language of the suitors in the Odyssey-their fighting words-as Homeric expressions of reproach and critique against unsuitable kings, and provides evidence for the concept that blame poetry can physically blemish, hence disqualify, rulers.