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By Michael Clarke
This e-book bargains a newly built-in interpretation of Homeric guy. the writer begins with the operating speculation that, during this poetry, the person isn't divided into elements - internal and outer; physique and soul; flesh and spirit - yet stands as an indivisible solidarity. The final a part of this research results in a reassessment of the Homeric psuche.
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1 7 2 - 3 . g . F . H . S tu b b in g * in W ace and S tu b b in g * (19 6 2 ). 5 1 0 - 1 3 . ITie an alo g y o f the sh ield is cited b y S o u rv in o u -In w o o d (19 9 5 : 1 2 - 1 4 ) ‘ n defence o f h e r w illin g n e ss to analyse H o m eric d eath -m yth ology w ith the prior assu m p tio n that it is an artificial omnlRam (n. 64 below·). " I f there is unity in the H o m eric con cep tion o f mental life or life after death or an ythin g else, the controlling harm ony m ust lie in the independence and m tcgril y of the tradition o f <1o«S>) itself.
C f. G ill (199fr. ch. 1) on the p ro b lem that m odern definitions o f 's e lf hood', 'p erso n ality', and sim ilar can contam inate the stu d y o f G re e k ideas o f psychological identity (see csp. 1- 3 ) . ' Padel (19 9 2 ), 32 ; the sam e point is m ade b y B rem m er (19 8 3 ), 4. C o n trast V crm cule (19 7 9 ), 1 1 8 : T h e G reek s understood that body and soul parted in death, o f course . . T h e y never quite accepted it, h ow ever, and, as stro n g ly os any other people, felt that the link en d u red '.
1 T w in p o ssib ilities lie balan ced and one or the other w ill lead to d isaster if it is realized : it is hard to e xp ress the literal m eaning o f the G re e k excep t b y p ic tu rin g them as ly in g in the pans o f a balance o r poised on the ά κ μ η o f a central pivot. In this collection w e have g ra sp e d — or can p la u sib ly claim we have grasp ed — a sin g le n exu s o f ideas m an ifested on four different levels o f exp ressio n . T h e q u estio n o f p rio rity could easily he posed betw een them .