Sympathy with the Spear: Iliadic Tree Similes and Achilles' Entanglement with the Pelian Spear.
This paper examines how, in the Iliad, remembering through wooden objects-- and alongside wooden objects--is a powerful way of connecting to the hidden, imbricated pasts of a more-than-human world. While Iliadic tree similes anticipate the transformation of trees into craft items, Achilles foregroun...
| Publicado en: | Helios Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 1 - 26 |
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Texas Tech University Press
Spring2025
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