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- Title
A LINGUAGEM FORA DE CONTROLE: O DISCURSO DE AGAMÊNON NO CANTO 2 DA ILÍADA.
- Authors
MALTA CAMPOS, ANDRÉ
- Abstract
My purpose is to show that Agamemnon's speech in Book 2 of the Iliad (vv. 110-141) -- with his test of the troops by words -- can be better understood if we see in it two opposite aims combined together: 1. to point to the employment of lies and deception as part of a wise king's language; and 2. to point, on the other hand, to Agamemnon's lack of wisdom in this part of the narrative, when instead of lies he says the true about himself. The investigation of this ironic contrast is important for elucidating not only his role up to this point of the poem, but also the apparent difficulties concerning his behavior after the dream sent by Zeus. This interpretation will necessarily lead to the character of Achilles and to a central notion in the poem -- áte, "blindness of soul" --, mentioned by both heroes in these initial books of the Iliad.
- Subjects
AGAMEMNON, King of Mycenae (Mythological character) in literature; ACHILLES (Mythological character) in literature; ILIAD of Homer; GREEK epic poetry; LITERARY criticism; GREEK poetry; ZEUS (Greek deity) in literature
- Publication
Ordia Prima, 2009, Vol 8/9, p13
- ISSN
1666-7743
- Publication type
Article