Achilles Paradigms Of the War Hero From Homer To the Middle Ages

University of California Press. Near Fine. 1991. Softcover. 0520074076 . 1 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 355 pages; The powerful portrait of the glorious Greek warrier Achilles presented in Homer's Iliad around 700 BC imbued a particular soldier with transcendent value, linking "soldier" with "hero" in Western European culture. Tracing Achilles' appearances through periods of Greek,… Read more about this item